Melica

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Melica
Melica ciliata
Melica ciliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Melica
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Species

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Melica is a genus of perennial grasses known generally as melic or melic grass. They are found in most temperate regions of the world. They are clumping grasses with long, erect stems bearing spikelets of papery grass flowers. Some species of melic have corms and are sometimes called oniongrass.

Selected species:

  • Melica altissima - Siberian melic grass
  • Melica aristata - bearded melic grass
  • Melica bulbosa - oniongrass
  • Melica californica - California melic grass
  • Melica ciliata - hairy melic, silky spike melic
  • Melica fugax - little oniongrass
  • Melica montezumae - Montezuma melic
  • Melica mutica - two-flower melic grass
  • Melica nutans - mountain melic; nodding melic
  • Melica nitens - three-flower melic grass
  • Melica picta
  • Melica spectabilis - purple oniongrass
  • Melica stricta - rock melic grass
  • Melica subulata - Alaska oniongrass

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