Pronunciation: EL-i-mus GLAW-kus
Common name: Blue wildrye
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Grassy and wooded places to 7500', many
plant communities, cismontane Southern California,
occasional in the desert
Blooming period: June to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Elymus
2) glaucus
NOTE: Includes Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii