OregonFlora species comparison

erect.

basal sheaths becoming glabrous;

blades to 28 cm × 1.7–5 mm;

inner surfaces densely pubescent or rarely sparsely pubescent.

spikes, 5–20 cm; erect to slightly nodding, 1 spikelet per node;

internodes 5–12 mm;

disarticulation above the glumes; beneath each floret.

10–22 mm long; about twice as long as the internodes, 2–8.5 mm wide, appressed, 4–10 florets.

4–10 × 0.5–1.3 mm, narrowly lanceolate; widest at or below mid-length, glabrous, often glaucous, 1–3-veined; flat or weakly keeled;

margins 0.1–0.2 mm wide; widest near mid-length;

tips usually acuminate, awned or awnless;

glume awns 0–6 mm.

6–12 mm; smooth or slightly scabrous;

margins often sparsely pubescent near the base; longest lemma awns 9–28 mm, strongly divergent.

3.5–6 mm.