OregonFlora species comparison

mainly pseudointravaginal.

sheaths closed approximatly 90% of their length; to near the collar;

ligules 0.5–2 mm long;

blades flat, 1.5–5 mm wide.

lax, narrowly lanceolate, 6–22 cm; sparse;

branches ascending, 1–3 per node.

3.5–7 mm;

florets (1)2(4);

rachilla internodes about 1 mm long.

keels scabrous;

lower glumes 1-veined;

upper glumes shorter than or subequal to lowest lemma.

with sparse cobwebby hairs.

narrowly lanceolate, 3.2–5 mm long, distinctly keeled, glabrous; smooth;

tips acuminate.

0.5–1.2 mm.