Biology:Melica bulbosa
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Melica bulbosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Melica |
| Species: | M. bulbosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M.Coult.
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Melica bulbosa is a species of grass known by the common name oniongrass. The common name comes from the onionlike appearance of the corm at its root; it is not related to the onions. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to the Rocky Mountains to California . It may or may not occur as far east as Texas .[1]
Its habitat includes mountain forest and woods, open hillsides, and streambanks.
This is a rhizomatous perennial grass with a cluster of white corms at the base of the stem. The plant forms a loose cluster of stems up to a meter tall. The inflorescence is a narrow or spreading series of bullet-shaped spikelets. The spikelet is banded in purple and green.
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14861070 entry
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