Erioneuron pilosum
hairy erioneuron, hairy tridens, hairy woollygrass, hairy woolygrass
(6)10-30(40) cm tall, (0.3)0.6-1(2.5) mm thick, glabrous or hispidulous.
1-4(6) cm;
branches with 3-9 shortly pedicellate spikelets.
6-12(15) mm, with (5)6-12(20) florets.
exceeded by the lowest florets, pale;
lower glumes 4-7 mm;
upper glumes 4-7 mm;
lemmas 3-6 mm, green or purplish-green when young, becoming stramineous at maturity, awned, awns 0.5-2.5 mm, apices acute, entire or bidentate, teeth 0.3-0.5 mm;
anthers usually 3, 0.3-1 mm.
1-1.5 mm.
2-3.5 mm;
blades (1)3-6(9) cm long, (0.5)1-1.5(2.5) mm wide, both surfaces sparsely pilose or glabrous, grayish-green.
= 16.
Erioneuron pilosum
Erioneuron pilosum grows on dry, rocky hills and mesas, often in oak and pinyon-juniper woodlands. In North America, it is represented by E. pilosum var. pilosum. This variety differs from the other two varieties, both of which are restricted to Argentina, in its longer, less equal glumes and shorter awns.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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