Melica imperfecta
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Melica imperfecta is a species of grass known by the common name smallflower melic and little California melic.
It is native to the Arizona, California, and Nevada in the United States and Baja California in Mexico. It grows in chaparral, woodlands, montane regions, and other dry areas.
Description
Melica imperfecta is a perennial grass growing up to {{convert|1.2|m|ft}} in maximum height, and is classified as a bunchgrass by lacking rhizomes and corms. The inflorescence is a narrow or spreading series of spikelets which are green in color with areas of purple.
Cultivation
Melica imperfecta is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade and available as an ornamental grass for: natural landscape, native plant, drought tolerant water conserving, and habitat gardens.
External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9100,9108 Jepson Manual Treatment — Melica imperfecta]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110611153739/http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Melica_imperfecta&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Melica+imperfecta Melica imperfecta — U.C. Photo gallery]
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Category:Bunchgrasses of North America
Category:Grasses of the United States
Category:Native grasses of California
Category:Flora of Baja California
Category:Flora of the California desert regions
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Mojave Desert
Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Category:Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
Category:Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
Category:Garden plants of North America
Category:Drought-tolerant plants
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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