OregonFlora species comparison

often rooting at the lower nodes;

internodes usually glabrous, often puberulent-pubescent below the nodes, rarely puberulent throughout;

nodes 3–5(6), pubescent.

sheaths glabrous, sometimes slightly pubescent near the throat;

ligules 2–4.2 mm, glabrous, obtuse, lacerate;

blades 13–26 cm × 4–10 mm, light green or glaucous; flat, glabrous, sometimes scabrous on both surfaces.

10–30 × 2–5 cm; open, nodding;

branches ascending to spreading, sometimes drooping.

23–35 cm, elliptic to lanceolate; terete to moderately laterally compressed, with 5–11 florets.

glabrous, sometimes scabrous;

margins often bronze-tinged;

lower glumes 6–9 mm, 3-veined;

upper glumes 8–12 mm, 5-veined.

12–16 mm, elliptic to lanceolate, rounded over the back; backs sparsely pilose, pubescent, or scabrous;

margins densely pilose at least on the lower half, often bronze-tinged;

tips acute to obtuse; entire, rarely slightly emarginate with lobes less than 1 mm;

lemma awns 4–6 mm; straight.

3.5–5.5 mm.

=14.