OregonFlora species comparison

0.5–2 mm thick; much branched above the base, not nodulose;

internodes dull, puberulent or glabrous for most of their length, sometimes strigose immediately below the nodes.

blades 2–20 cm × 2–6 mm; flat, scabrous or smooth, those of the secondary branches similar in length and width to those of the main branches.

terminal and axillary, 2–21 × 0.3–3 cm; dense, appressed or diverging up to 30° from the inflorescence axis;

primary branches 0.3–5.5 cm × over 0.1 mm.

1.5–3.8 mm, often purple-tinged.

subequal, 1.5–3.7 mm, approximately as long as or slightly shorter than the lemmas, 1-veined, tapering from the bases to the acuminate tips; awnless or awned; awns; if present; to 2 mm.

1.5–3.8 mm, lanceolate, pubescent on calluses and lower portion of the midveins and margins;

hairs shorter than the florets; less than 1.5 mm long;

tips minutely scabrous, acuminate; awnless or awned;

lemma awns 0–10 mm.

awnless or nearly so;

lemma awns (if present) less than 3 mm.

0.3–0.5 mm; yellowish to purplish.

=40.