Latin name: Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A.
  Schultes
  Pronunciation:
KOLE-ER-ee-a ma-KRAN-tha

  Common name: Junegrass
  Family: Poaceae (Grass)
  Habitat: Dry open sites, clay to rocky soils, shrub-
  land, woodland, coniferous forest, Transverse and
  Peninsular Ranges, mts of Mojave Desert, Santa
  Rosa and Santa Cruz Islands

  Blooming period: May to July
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Koeleria
  2) macrantha
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