OregonFlora species comparison

not swollen at the base.

blades 3–15 cm × 2–12 mm.

cylindrical, often lobed and interrupted near the base, 2–20 × 0.6–1.5 cm; the spikelets borne singly;

branches obscure;

disarticulation above the glumes.

all alike, 3 florets; lower 2 florets sterile.

2–5.5 × 0.6–1.1 mm, often purplish;

keels winged, scabrous;

wings approximately 0.4 mm wide;

lateral veins conspicuous, scabrous;

tips mucronate.

linear, 0.5–1.5 mm, inconspicuously hairy.

2–3.8 × 0.9–1.5 mm;

lemmas pubescent, particularly distally; shiny;

tips tapering.

0.5–1.3 mm.

=14.