140 WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



1892. Sweet Vernal Grass Anthoxanthum odoratum 



Perennial; culms slender, erect, 8 inches to 2 feet high; panicle l l / 2 to 3 

 inches long, pointed. Occasionally cultivated, escaped in the cooler and more 

 moist regions, as at Crescent City, Humboldt Bay. 



HIEROCHLOE 



1893. Large-Leafed Van- Hierochloe macrophylla 



ilia-Grass 

 Culms few, erect, 2 to 3 feet high; blades crowded together toward the 

 base; panicle somewhat open, 3 to 5 inches long. Found in the Redwood 

 belt from Monterey northward into Oregon. 



VI. AGROSTIDEAE 

 ARISTDA 



Spikelets one-flowered, in narrow or open panicles. Lemma with a hard, 

 abconical pubescent callus, terminating in a usually trifid awn. Tufted annuals or 

 perennials with narrow blades. 



1894. Brome Three-Awned Aristida bromoides 



Grass 

 Annual; culms much branched at the base, 4 to 12 inches long, erect or 

 often spreading or prostrate; panicle narrow, rather dense, 2 to 3 inches long. 

 Found on open ground in southern California. 



1895. Prairie Triple- Aristida oligantha 



Awned Grass 

 Annual; culms erect, branched at base and all the nodes, 1 to 2 feet high, 

 often woolly at the very base; panicles narrow, loosely few-flowered. Prob- 

 ably introduced into California. 



1896. Palmer's Three- Aristida Palmeri 



Awned Grass 

 Perennial; culms growing in tufts, erect, 1 to 2 feet high. Found in 

 San Diego County. 



1897. Texas Poverty Aristida divaricata 



Grass 

 Perennial; culms growing in tufts, erect, 1 to 2 feet high. Southern 

 California. 



Aristida Parishii 

 Perennial; culms tufted, 1 to 2 feet high. Rarely found in southern 

 California. 



1898. Hare's Grass Aristida Californica 



Perennial; culms growing in tufts, much branched at the base, 6 inches 

 to 1 foot high; panicles numerous, loose, 1 to 2 inches long, the few branches 

 few-flowered. The deserts of southern California. 



1899. Purple Top Bunch Aristida purpurea 



Grass 

 Perennial; culms erect, about 2 feet high; panicles 4 to 6 inches long, 

 rather loose. Plains and deserts of southern California. 



1900. Reverchon's Three- Aristida Reverchoni 



Awned Grass 

 Perennial; culms in dense tufts, erect, 1 to 2 feet high; panicle narrow, 

 4 to 6 inches long. Deserts and plains of southern California. 



1901. Small Purple Top Aristida Fendleriana 



Bunch Grass 

 Perennial; culms in dense tufts, usually less than one foot high. Deserts 

 and plains of southern California. 



