Polypogon elongatus |
Polypogon monspeliensis |
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annual beardgrass, rabbitsfoot grass |
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Habit | Plants annual, 5–65 cm tall. | |
Leaves | sheaths glabrous; the uppermost sheaths sometimes inflated; ligules 2.5–16 mm; blades 1–20 cm × 1–7 mm. |
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Inflorescences | narrowly ellipsoid, sometimes lobed, 1–17 cm; pedicels absent or to 0.2 mm; stipes 0.1–0.2 mm. |
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Glumes | 1–2.7 mm, ciliate, minutely hairy throughout; largest hairs restricted to the lower half; tips rounded, lobed; lobes 0.1–0.2 mm, 10% or less as long as the glume body, awned; glume awns 4–10 mm; yellowish. |
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Lemmas | 0.5–1.5 mm, glabrous, awned; lemma awns 0.5–1(4.5)mm. |
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Anthers | 0.2–1 mm. |
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2n | =28, 35. |
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Polypogon elongatus |
Polypogon monspeliensis |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Disturbed wet sites, ditches, roadsides, often on alkaline soils. 0–1700m. All ecoregions except Casc. CA, ID, NV, WA; throughout most of North America; worldwide. Exotic. A hybrid of P. monspeliensis and Agrostis stolonifera (× Agropogon lutosus) has been found in Oregon. It differs from P. monspeliensis in having more tapered, short-awned glumes and lemmas with subterminal awns. Unlike A. stolonifera, its spikelets are on short stipes. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 470 Barbara Wilson, Richard Brainerd, Nick Otting |
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