Danthonia unispicata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Danthonia
- Species
- Danthonia unispicata
- Scientific Name
- Danthonia unispicata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Danthonia unispicata
Danthonia unispicata is a species of grass known by the common name onespike oatgrass, or onespike danthonia.
It is sometimes treated as a variety of Danthonia californica, to which it is similar. It is native to western North America, where it grows in several types of habitat, including grassland and open areas in mountain forests.
It is a perennial bunchgrass growing in clumps 10 to 30 centimeters tall, with very hairy, rolled leaves. The inflorescence bears a single spikelet, or sometimes up to four spikelets.
...Danthonia unispicata in languages:
- English
- one-spike oat grass
- French
- danthonie à épillet solitaire
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Danthonia alpina
- Danthonia araucana
- Danthonia californica
- Danthonia chiapasensis
- Danthonia chilensis
- Danthonia compressa
- Danthonia decumbens
- Danthonia domingensis
- Danthonia epilis
- Danthonia holm-nielsenii
- Danthonia intermedia
- Danthonia malacantha
- Danthonia melanathera
- Danthonia parryi
- Danthonia racemosa
- Danthonia rugoloana
- Danthonia secundiflora
- Danthonia semiannularis
- Danthonia sericea
- Danthonia spicata
- Danthonia unispicata




























































































































































