Status: Native
Synonyms:
Tridens pilosus (Buckley) Hitchcock
Triodia pilosa (Buckley) Merrill
Erioneuron pilosum is most notable for having very hairy lemmas, which also have
short awns and 3 nerves. Unlike Dasyochloa pulchella, the spikelets are carried on leafless culms.
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Erioneuron pilosum, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, Nov. 11, 2007
Erioneuron pilosum, lemma 3-nerved, hairy and short-awned, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, Nov. 11, 2007
Erioneuron pilosum, detail of spikelet, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, Nov. 11, 2007
Erioneuron pilosum, detail of floret, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, Nov. 11, 2007
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