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Puccinellia simplex
Also called California Alkali Grass
Puccinellia simplex is a species of grass known by the common names California alkaligrass and western alkali grass. It is native to California, where it grows in mineral springs and other moist habitat with saline soils in the Central Valley, Mojave Desert, and other areas. It is also known from Utah, but occurrences there are probably introduced. This annual grass grows up to about 25 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is generally a linear structure with parallel branches bearing small spikelets.
Weeping alkaligrass · Saltmarsh alkaligrass · Puccinellia festuciformis · Puccinellia hauptiana · Howell's alkaligrass · Nootka Alkaligrass · Lemmon's alkaligrass · Shining alkaligrass · Macquarie Island Saltgrass · Puccinellia macranthera · Seaside alkaligrass · Nootka alkaligrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Puccinellia simplex 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.
