Olsynium douglasii
Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum
Douglas' blue-eyed-grass (var. douglasii), Douglas' grass-widow, grass widows, grass-widow, purple blue-eyed-grass (var. inflatum), purple-eyed grass, purple-eyed grass-widow, satinflower
grass-widow, inflated grass widows, inflated grasswidow, inflated purple-eyed grass, purple-eyed grass-widow, satinflower
to 4.1 dm × 1–4.6 mm.
blades 1.5–4.5 mm wide distal to midlength.
4.3–7 mm wide, outer 2–6.2 cm;
hyaline margins 0.2–0.5(–1.6) mm wide, extending to just proximal to, or occasionally exceeding, green apex.
4.5–11.3 mm.
12.5–33 mm;
filaments 6–12.2 mm;
anthers 3–10.2 mm;
ovary 2–5.6 mm;
pedicel 2–3.8 cm.
columns abruptly and broadly flared at base.
= 64.
Olsynium douglasii
Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Filament column abruptly and broadly flared at base. | var. inflatum |
1. Filament column slightly or not flared. | var. douglasii |
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