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Puccinellia lemmonii
Also called Lemmon's Alkali Grass
Puccinellia lemmonii is a species of grass known by the common name Lemmon's alkaligrass. It is native to western North America, particularly the northwestern United States, where it grows in moist, saline soils.
It is a perennial bunchgrass forming clumps of stems up to 40 centimeters in maximum height with narrow, almost hairlike leaves located around the bases. The inflorescence is a spreading array of a few branches containing rough-haired spikelets.
Weeping alkaligrass · Saltmarsh alkaligrass · Puccinellia festuciformis · Puccinellia hauptiana · Howell's alkaligrass · Nootka Alkaligrass · Shining alkaligrass · Macquarie Island Saltgrass · Puccinellia macranthera · Seaside alkaligrass · Nootka alkaligrass · Nuttall's alkaligrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Puccinellia lemmonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
