Tuctoria greenei

Greene's tuctoria, Greene's Tuctoria

Family: Poaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1 · Endangered

Greene's tuctoria is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native annual found in the Great Valley and Modoc Plateau bioregions, specifically in Butte, Fresno, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tehama, Tulare counties and Shasta County in vernal pools at elevations below 1,050 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces white to pale anthers on delicate spikelets. Growing with erect to decumbent stems 5 to 15 centimeters tall, often with purplish nodes, it has a distinctive curved appearance. Its narrow leaves are 2 to 3 centimeters long, less than 5 millimeters wide, and curve outward from the stem. The fruit is slightly flattened and oblong, with spikelets featuring 3 to 5 millimeter glumes that have irregularly short-toothed tips.

Habitat: Vernal pools

Bloom period: May-Sep

Elevation: < 1050 m

Bioregions: GV (Butte, Fresno, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tehama, Tulare cos.), MP (Shasta Co.).

California counties: Butte, Merced, Fresno, Stanislaus, Tehama, Madera, San Joaquin, Tulare, Shasta, Glenn

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.