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Plants sparsely hairy. Culms 5-15(20) cm, simple, sometimes geniculate, usually prostrate and forming mats. Leaves with a faint "collar" line usually evident when dry; blades 1-2 cm long, 2-3 mm wide. Spikes 3-6 cm; lower internodes 5-10 mm; upper internodes about 1 mm. Spikelets with 5-15(25) florets. Glumes subequal or the lower glumes a little shorter than the upper, 2-3(4) mm, irregularly toothed; lemmas about 5 mm, teeth equal or the central tooth a little longer than the others, awns to 0.5 mm; paleas about equal to the lemmas; anthers about 2 mm. Caryopses 1.5-1.8 mm, narrowly elliptical; embryos at least 3/4 as long as the caryopses. 2n = 32.
Discussion
Orcuttia californica grows at elevations below 625 m in Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego counties, California and northern Baja California, Mexico. It is listed as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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