OregonFlora species comparison

wiry, strongly compressed;

nodes strongly compressed; some proximal nodes usually exserted.

intra- and extravaginal or mostly extravaginal.

sheaths closed to 20% of their length;

ligules 1–3 mm;

blades flat, 1.5–4 mm wide;

cauline blades subequal.

erect, lanceoloid to ovoid, often interrupted; sparse to congested, 2–10 cm;

spikelets 15–80;

branches erect to ascending, or infrequently spreading, 0.5–3 cm, 1–3 per node, with 1–15 spikelets.

(2.3)3.5–7 mm;

florets (2)3–7(8).

lower glumes 3-veined.

with cobwebby hairs; less often glabrous.

lanceolate, 2.3–3.5 mm, distinctly keeled;

keels and marginal veins short-villous; area between veins glabrous;

tips acute.

1.3–1.8 mm.

=42.