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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: | Chloridoideae |
| Genus: | Sporobolus |
| Species: | S. flexuosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sporobolus flexuosus (Thurb. ex Vasey) Rydb. | |
Sporobolus flexuosus is a species of grass known by the common name mesa dropseed. It is native to western North America, where it can be found in the deserts and woodlands of the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.
This bunchgrass forms a tuft of stems growing up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) long, erect to decumbent in form. It is a perennial grass but it is short-lived and is sometimes an annual. The leaves are up to 26 centimetres (10 in) long and rough-haired along the margins. The inflorescence is an open panicle of spreading branches bearing grayish spikelets.
References
- NRCS. "Sporobolus flexuosus". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- US Forest Service Fire Ecology
External links
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- Sporobolus
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Grasses of Mexico
- Grasses of the United States
- Native grasses of California
- Native grasses of Texas
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of Northeastern Mexico
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- North American desert flora
- Chloridoideae stubs