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Piptatherum
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Piptatherum

Piptatherum is a genus of plants in the grass family known as ricegrass.

They are widely distributed across much of Eurasia, North Africa, and North America. These are clumping perennial grasses with long, tapering leaf blades.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Piptatherum coerulescens

speciesPiptatherum coerulescens

Piptatherum holciforme

speciesPiptatherum holciforme

Piptatherum blancheanum

speciesPiptatherum blancheanum

Piptatherum songaricum

speciesPiptatherum songaricum

Piptatherum fumeauxii

speciesPiptatherum fumeauxii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59097.