Scientific name Nassella Rank Genus | Higher classification Grasses | |
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Lower classifications Mexican feathergrass, Nassella pulchra, Nassella trichotoma, Nassella ibarrensis | ||
Mexican feather grass nassella tenuissima lisa s landscape design s plant pick of the day
Nassella (needlegrass) is a New World genus of over 100 perennial bunchgrasses found from North America through South America. The Latin word nassa refers to "a basket with a narrow neck". It is usually considered segregate from the genus Stipa and includes many New World species formerly classified in that genus. As of 2011, The Jepson Manual includes Nassella within Stipa.
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- Mexican feather grass nassella tenuissima lisa s landscape design s plant pick of the day
- Nassella stipa tenuissima mexican feather grass texas needle grass
- Diversity
- California species
- Horticultural species
- Other species
- References
Nasella is characterized by strongly overlapping lemma margins and reduced, veinless paleas. The lemma tips are fused into the "crown," a short membrane that surrounds the base of the lemma. The rim of the crown usually has hairs.
Many species form both cross-pollinating and self-pollinating florets in the terminal panicle. The self-pollinating florets have 1 – 3 small anthers; the cross-pollinating florest have 3 longer anthers. Some species have self-pollinating inflorescences hidden in their basal leaf sheaths. These hidden inflorescences lack glumes and usually lack awns.
Nassella stipa tenuissima mexican feather grass texas needle grass
Diversity
As of 2001, there were about 116 species in this genus.
California species
Horticultural species
Other species
