| Accepted name: |
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene |
| Synonym(s): |
-Distichlis stricta (Torr.) Greene
-Distichlis spicata var. stricta (Torr.) Scribn.
-Distichlis spicata var. stolonifera Beetle
-Distichlis spicata var. nana Beetle
-Distichlis spicata var. divaricata Beetle
-Distichlis spicata var. borealis (J. Presl) Beetle
-Distichlis stricta var. dentata (Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.
-Distichlis stricta (Torr.) Rydb.
-Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene ssp. stricta (Torr.) Thorne
-Uniola spicata L.
-Uniola stricta Torr.
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| English names: |
Desert Salt Grass
Straight Alkalai Grass
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| French names: |
Distichlis dressé
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
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| OPL Code: |
GDISSP
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
3 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Cold infusion of plant taken for gonorrhea. Infusion of plant taken as a laxative. Infusion of plant taken "when the heart beats fast." Decoction of plant taken for doodle bug bites that cause pimples(*38)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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