Schedonorus pratensis
fétuque des prés, meadow fescue, meadow rye grass
to 1.3 m. Leaves folded or convolute in young shoots;
auricles glabrous;
ligules to 0.5 mm;
blades 10-25 cm long, 2-7 mm wide.
(6)10-25 cm;
branches at the lowest node 1 or 2, shorter branch with 1-2(3) spikelets, longer branch with 2-6(9) spikelets.
(8.5) 12-15.5(17) mm long, 2-5 mm wide, with (2)4-10(12) florets.
(2)2.6-4.5 mm;
upper glumes 3-5 mm;
lemmas 5-8 mm, usually smooth, sometimes slightly scabrous distally, apices unawned, sometimes mucronate, mucros to 0.2 mm;
paleas slightly shorter than the lemmas;
anthers (1.5)2-4.6 mm.
3-4 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide.
= 14.
Schedonorus pratensis
Schedonorus pratensis is a Eurasian species that is now widely established in the Flora region. It used to be a popular forage grass in the contiguous United States and southern Canada, but is now rarely planted.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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