OregonFlora species comparison

sheaths glabrous; the uppermost sheaths sometimes inflated;

ligules to 7 mm;

blades (1)3–9(14)cm × 0.5–5 mm.

sheaths smooth;

ligules 2–6 mm;

blades 5–9 cm × 3–6 mm.

narrowly ellipsoid, sometimes lobed; (1)2– 8(15)cm;

pedicels to 0.5 mm;

stipes 0.1–1.2 mm.

usually interrupted or lobed, 3–15 × 0.5–3 cm;

pedicels not developed;

stipes 0.2–0.7 mm.

1.8– 8.2 mm, ciliate, with large hairs or protrusions in the lower half;

tips lobed;

lobes 0.3–1.2 mm; about 17% as long as the glume body, awned;

glume awns 4–10 mm; yellowish.

2–3 mm, scabrous; larger prickles extending up the keel beyond mid-length;

glumes not tapering to the tips;

tips acute to truncate, unlobed or the lobes to 0.1 mm, awned;

glume awns 1.5–3.2 mm.

0.5– 1.5 mm, glabrous, awned or awnless;

lemma awns 0–1 mm.

0.8– 1.5 mm, glabrous; smooth;

tips obtuse, not emarginate, awned;

lemma awns 1–3.2 mm.

0.4–0.5 mm.

0.5–0.7 mm.

=14, 42.

=42.