Tridentopsis mutica
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Tridens muticus - slim tridens - Flickr - Matt Lavin (1).jpg
|status = G5
|status_system = TNC
|status_ref =
|genus = Tridentopsis (plant)
|species = mutica
|authority = (Torr.) P.M.Peterson
|synonyms =
- Sieglingia mutica {{small|(Torr.) Kuntze}}
- Sieglingia trinerviglumis {{small|Kuntze, nom. nud.}}
- Tricuspis mutica {{small|Torr. (1857)}} (basionym)
- Tricuspis pilosa {{small|A.Heller}}
- Tricuspis trinerviglumis {{small|Munro ex A.Gray, nom. nud.}}
- Tridens muticus {{small|(Torr.) Nash}}
- Triodia mutica {{small|(Torr.) Scribn.}}
- Triodia trinerviglumis {{small|Benth. ex Vasey, nom. nud.}}
- Tridens muticus f. effusus {{small|M.C.Johnst.}}
- Tridens pilosus {{small|(A.Heller) Hitchc.}}
- Uralepis pilosa {{small|Buckley, nom. illeg.}}
|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Tridentopsis mutica (Torr.) P.M.Peterson |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77138756-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=10 June 2025}}
}}
File:Tridens_muticus_-_slim_tridens.jpg
Tridentopsis mutica is a New World species of grass known by the common name slim tridens.{{PLANTS|id=TRMU|taxon=Tridens muticus|accessdate=15 December 2015}}
Description
It is a perennial grass forming a thick tuft with a knotted base and rhizome. It reaches a maximum height of {{Convert|50 to 80|cm}}. The panicle has short branches appressed to the others, making the inflorescence narrow. The florets are generally purple in color.
This plant uses C4 carbon fixation as its method of energy metabolism.[http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/graminoid/trimut/all.html Forest Service Fire Ecology]
Distribution and habitat
References
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9317,9318 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120605050813/http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Tridens_muticus&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
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Category:Grasses of the United States
Category:Native grasses of California
Category:Flora of the California desert regions
Category:Flora of the Southwestern United States
Category:Flora of the South-Central United States
Category:Flora of Northeastern Mexico
Category:Flora of Northwestern Mexico
Category:Plants described in 1857
Category:Taxa named by John Torrey
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