Poaceae
Onespike danthonia
Danthonia unispicata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Danthonia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Onespike danthonia
Synonyms
- Danthonia californica var. unispicata Thurb.
- Merathrepta unispicata (Thurb.) Piper
- Pentameris unispicata (Thurb.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.