Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Phalaris lemmonii is an uncommon species of grass known by the common name Lemmon's canarygrass. It is endemic to California, where it can be found in coastal and inland mountain ranges and the Central Valley. It grows mainly in moist areas. It is an annual grass reaching maximum heights between 1. 3 and 1. 5 meters. The cylindrical inflorescence is up to 12 centimeters long, each spikelet made up of one strongly beaked fertile floret and one or two sterile florets.

Plant type

Grass

Size

2 - 5 ft Tall

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Color

Brown

Water

Moderate

Plant communities

Coastal Sage Scrub, Foothill Woodland, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Valley Grassland, Wetland-Riparian

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 2 likely

Confirmed Likely

Olive Green Cutworm Moth

Dargida procinctus

Woodland Skipper

Ochlodes sylvanoides