Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb.
Six-weeks fescue
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4/28/2018 · Scenic Drive, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 15 × 10″ (39 × 26 cm) 
4/29/2018 · Sandstone Quarry, Scenic Loop Road, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 1 × 1′ (41 × 33 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Commelinidae | Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others |
| Order | Cyperales | Flowering plants including grasses |
| Family | Poaceae | Grasses (but not sedges or rushes) |
| Genus | Vulpia | After German chemist/physicist, pharmacist and amateur botanist Johann Samuel Vulpius (1760-1846) of Baden |
| Species | octoflora | Eight-flowered |
Vulpia octoflora description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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