Piptatherum
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Piptatherum is a genus of grasses
known as ricegrass. They are widely distributed throughout the temperate and subtropical areas of the world, but most are native to Eurasia. These are clumping perennial grasses with long, tapering leaf blades.
Selected species:
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
known as ricegrass. They are widely distributed throughout the temperate and subtropical areas of the world, but most are native to Eurasia. These are clumping perennial grasses with long, tapering leaf blades.
Selected species:
- Piptatherum aequiglume
- Piptatherum canadense - Canadian ricegrass
- Piptatherum coerulescens
- Piptatherum exiguum - little ricegrass
- Piptatherum micranthum - littleseed ricegrass
- Piptatherum miliaceumPiptatherum miliaceumPiptatherum miliaceum is a species of grass known by the common name smilo grass. It is native to Eurasia but it can be found in many other parts of the world as an introduced species and a casual weed of disturbed areas. It is a clumping perennial grass producing sturdy, erect stems that can reach...
- smilograss - Piptatherum munroi
- Piptatherum paradoxum
- Piptatherum pungens - mountain ricegrass, sharp pipthatherum
- Piptatherum racemosum - blackseed ricegrass
- Piptatherum shoshoneanum - Shoshone ricegrass