Eriocoma latiglumis
# Eriocoma latiglumis

Eriocoma latiglumis is a species of grass known by the common names wide-glumed needlegrass and Sierra needlegrass.

It is a bunchgrass is endemic to montane California, where it grows in the mountain meadows and pine forests of the Sierra Nevada, and in a few areas of the Transverse Ranges to the southwest.

It is also known by the synonyms Stipa latiglumis and Achnatherum latiglume. The Jepson Herbarium calls it Stipa latiglumis.

## Description

Eriocoma latiglumis is a perennial bunchgrass forming tight bunches of erect stems up to 110 centimeters tall. It has hairlike leaves under 3 millimeters wide.

The inflorescence is up to about 30 centimeters long. Each hairy spikelet is just over a centimeter long and sharply pointed, with an awn about 4 centimeters long and kinked twice.

