OregonFlora species comparison

sheaths pubescent;

auricles absent;

ligules 0.3–0.8 mm;

blades to 7.5(13.5)cm long and to 4.5 mm wide.

2.2–7 × 0.4–0.8 cm.

straight, ascending.

with glumes 5.5–20.5 mm; to 0.5 mm wide; awn-like throughout, or slightly flattened at base;

lemmas 5–9 mm, glabrous, awned;

lemma awns 3–12 mm; straight to ascending;

anthers 0.5– 1.5 mm.

staminate or sterile, occasionally bisexual, with glumes 5–20 mm;

upper glumes awn-like throughout;

lower glumes slightly flattened near base;

lemmas 1.8–8.5 mm;

lemma awns 0–3 mm.

=28.