Eriocoma hymenoides

Indian ricegrass
	Indian ricegrass growing in cryptobiotic crust at White Sands National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Eriocoma
Species:	E. hymenoides
Binomial name
	Eriocoma hymenoides; (Roem. & Schult.) Rydb.
Synonyms
	Synonymy Oryzopsis hymenoides Ricker ex Piper ; Stipa hymenoides Roem. & Schult.(basionym) ; Eriocoma cuspidata Nutt. ; Oryzopsis cuspidata (Nutt.) Benth. ex Vasey ; Achnatherum hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Barkworth ; Eriocoma membranacea (Pursh) Beal 1896 not Steud. 1840 ; Fendleria rhynchelytroides Steud. ; Milium cuspidatum (Nutt.) Spreng. ; Oryzopsis membranacea (Pursh) Vasey ; Stipa membranacea Pursh ; Urachne lanata Trin. ;

Eriocoma hymenoides (common names: Indian ricegrass and sand rice grass) is a cool-season, perennial bunchgrass. It is native to western North America.

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