| Blepharidachne kingii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Genus: | Blepharidachne |
| Species: | B. kingii |
| Binomial name | |
| Blepharidachne kingii (S.Wats.) Hack. |
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Blepharidachne kingii is a species of grass known by the common name King's eyelashgrass.
It is native to the Great Basin in the United States, where it grows in the desert scrub and woodland of the plains.
Blepharidachne kingii is a perennial bunchgrass growing in small, low clumps with stiff, curved, sharp, hairlike leaves up to 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a purplish to pale yellow fluffy tuft of finely hairy spikelets.