Latin name: Leymus cinereus (Scribner & Merr.)
  A. Löve
  Pronunciation: LAY-mus sin-AIR-ee-us

  Common name: Great Basin wildrye
  Family: Poaceae (Grass)
  Habitat: Dry places to 10,000', mostly sagebrush
  scrub and pinyon-juniper woodland, deserts from
  San Bernardino Co. north
  Blooming period: June to August
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Leymus
  2) cinereus
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