OregonFlora species comparison

internodes glabrous;

nodes (3)4–7(8), pubescent or the lower culms glabrous.

basal sheaths retrorsely pilose, sometimes glabrous; upper sheaths glabrous;

throats glabrous or pilose;

ligules 0.4–1.4 mm;

blades 13–25 cm × 4–10 mm; flat;

lower surface glabrous, sometimes pilose;

upper surface usually pilose, sometimes glabrous.

10–20 × approximately 12 cm; open, nodding;

branches ascending, spreading, or drooping.

15– 25 mm, elliptic to lanceolate; terete to moderately laterally compressed, with 4–9 florets.

glabrous;

lower glumes 5.5– 7.5 mm, 1(3)-veined;

upper glumes 7.1–8.5 mm, 3-veined.

9.5–14 mm, elliptic to lanceolate, rounded over the back; backs glabrous or scabrous; lower 50–67% of margins conspicuously hirsute;

tips obtuse to acute; entire;

lemma awns 2–4(5)mm; straight.

1.5–2 mm.

=14.