OregonFlora species comparison

blades 3–25 cm × 2–10 mm.

ovoid to oblong-ovoid, not lobed, truncate at the base, 1.5–5 × 1.5–2 cm;

spikelets borne singly;

branches not evident;

disarticulation above the glumes.

all alike, 3 florets; lower 2 florets sterile.

7–10 × 2–2.5 mm; smooth, glabrous, sometimes sparsely pilose between the veins;

keels winged;

wings to 0.6 mm wide, widening toward the tip;

lateral veins inconspicuous; smooth;

tips rounded; short-pointed.

lanceolate, 2–4.5 mm, 33% or more the length of the bisexual floret; acute, sparsely pubescent.

4.5– 6.8 mm;

lemmas ovate; straw-colored to gray-brown, densely pubescent; shiny.

2–4 mm.

=12.