Pronunciation: MEL-i-ka froo-TES-ens
Common name: Tall melica
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Dry slopes to 5000', creosote bush
scrub and pinyon-juniper woodland in deserts,
coastal sage scrub and southern oak woodland
throughout interior cismontane California
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Melica
2) frutescens