Poaceae (Gramineae)
Grass family
Family:
Poaceae (Gramineae) (Grass family) is a California plant.
I apologize, but I cannot generate a description for this plant. The data provided appears to be incomplete or represents a taxonomic family (Poaceae/Grass family) rather than a specific plant species. To create a description following the detailed guidelines, I would need: - A specific species name - Detailed information about its location, habitat, flowering characteristics - Specific Jepson description details - Measurements, growth characteristics - Color and morphological information For a grass family description, I would need data about a particular grass species, not just the family classification. If you can provide more specific information about a particular grass species, I'd be happy to help generate a description following the established rules.
How to tell it apart
vs Cyperaceae: Grass stems (culms) are round and hollow with swollen, jointed nodes; sedge stems are usually solid, 3-angled ('sedges have edges'), and lack conspicuous nodes.; vs Juncaceae: Rushes have round, pith-filled stems and tiny but true 6-parted lily-like flowers; grass flowers have no recognizable perianth and are wrapped in chaffy lemma and palea.; vs Typhaceae: Cattails pack their flowers into a dense brown cylindrical spike and have thick spongy strap leaves; grasses bear spikelets subtended by glumes and have thin, 2-ranked leaves with a ligule.; vs Arecaceae: Palms are woody with large fan- or feather-divided leaves; grasses are herbaceous (or bamboo-woody) with simple, narrow, parallel-veined blades and a split sheath.; vs Asteraceae: Broadleaf dicots like the sunflowers have net-veined leaves and showy or composite flower heads; grasses have parallel-veined narrow leaves, a split sheath with a ligule, and reduced wind-pollinated florets.
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Sources: Jepson eFlora
Last updated 2026-09-30
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