Calflora
Taxon  Report   11641    
Elymus mollis  Trin.  ssp. mollis 
American dune grass, sea lyme grass
Elymus mollis ssp. mollis, a monocot, is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
also called Leymus mollis ssp. mollis
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial

Bloom Period
Family: Poaceae  
Genus: Elymus
Parent: Elymus mollis

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Coastal Strand

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF
Alternate Names:
JEFLeymus mollis ssp. mollis
ICPNLeymus mollis
More information about  Elymus mollis ssp. mollis
Nursery availability from CNPLX
This plant is available commercially.
Jepson eFlora

International Plants Names Index

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Landscape information from Calscape

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Consortium of California Herbaria 2

Suggested Citation
Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2021. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: 08/05/2021).