OregonFlora species comparison

erect or ascending.

auricles 0.5–1 mm, pubescent;

ligules 2–7 mm, truncate;

blades 1–31 cm × 3–10 mm.

dense; spike-like; (3)4–14 × 0.7–1.8 cm, often widest near the base; lowest branches 1–2.5 cm.

6–10 mm.

unequal, exceeding the florets;

lower glumes 3–4 mm, 1(3)-veined;

upper glumes 7–10 mm, 3-veined.

lower 2 staminate, 3–4 mm, pubescent;

tips awned;

lemma awns of lowest lemma about 3 mm, arising near or above mid-length; straight or bent, those of the second lemma 7–10 mm, arising near the base; bent and twisted, equaling or slightly longer than upper glumes; upper lemmas bisexual, 1–2.5 mm; hard, glabrous, brown;

tips acute; awnless.

(2.9)3.5–4.8(5.5)mm.

=10, 20.