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Last updated 12/30/2023 by David Giblin.
Piptatheropsis exigua (Thurb.) Romasch., P.M. Peterson & Soreng[HC2]
little mountain-ricegrass

Publication: Taxon 60(6): 1713.

Origin: Native

selected vouchers: WTU

Notes: FNA24: "Piptatherum exiguum grows on rocky slopes and outcrops in upper montane habitats, from central British Columbia to southwestern Alberta and south to northern California, Nevada, Utah, and northern Colorado. The limited DNA evidence available suggests that it is a basal species within Piptatherum (Jacobs et al. 2006)."

References: (none)

Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Oryzopsis exigua Thurb.[HC]
Piptatherum exiguum (Thurb.) Dorn