Poaceae
Spiked false mannagrass
Torreyochloa erecta
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Torreyochloa
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Spiked false mannagrass, Sierra false mannagrass
Synonyms
- Glyceria californica Beetle
- Glyceria erecta Hitchc.
- Panicularia erecta (Hitchc.) Hitchc.
- Puccinellia californica (Beetle) Munz
- Puccinellia erecta (Hitchc.) Munz
- Torreyochloa californica (Beetle) Church
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.