OregonFlora species comparison

0.7–2.4 mm thick, glabrous, sometimes slightly pubescent below the lower nodes.

basal sheaths glabrous to sparsely or densely pubescent;

margins sometimes ciliate;

collars glabrous or somewhat pubescent, lacking tufts of hairs, ligules of basal leaves 0.2–0.7 mm, those of upper leaves 1–1.5 mm;

blades flat in life but folded or rolled when dry, those of vegetative shoots 1.2–2.5 mm wide; culm leaves to 5 mm wide;

outer surface glabrous but with scabrous margins;

inner surface scabrous to pubescent, rarely glabrous.

9–36 × 0.8–2 cm;

branches appressed; straight.

6–12.5 × 0.7–1.1 mm.

4.5–7 × 0.6– 0.9 mm, usually round in cross section when mature.

0.2–1 mm; blunt to sharp; the dorsal side with a straight to acute boundary between the glabrous tip and the hairy portion.

evenly pubescent;

hairs at mid-length 0.5–1 mm;

tips with hairs to 2 mm and erect or ascending, with flexible, membranous lobes 0.1–0.4 mm;

lemma awns 19–45 mm, persistent; bent twice; the first 2 segments scabrous or hairs shorter than 0.5 mm; terminal segment glabrous; straight.

33–67% as long as the lemmas, pubescent;

hairs usually not exceeding the tips.

2–3.5 mm, lacking hairs at the tip.

=36, 44.