Melica smithii: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Melica smithii (Porter ex A.Gray) Vasey image

Photographer: Douglas J. Stadler

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from USDA Plants Website

Family Poaceae
Melica smithii (Porter ex A.Gray) Vasey
Smith's melic grass
Melica: from the Greek name melike deriving from mel, "honey," and applied to a kind of sorghum or other plant with sweet sap
smithii: for Charles Eastwick Smith for Schoenoplectus and Melica or Jared Gage Smith for Elytrigia

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Status:	Endangered
Plant:	perennial grass
(Glossary)

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Synonyms

Avena smithii Porter ex A.Gray
Bromelica smithii (Porter ex A.Gray) Farw.

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