Torreyochloa pallida
Fernald's alkaligrass, Fernald's false manna, pale false managrass, pale false manna grass
18-145 cm tall, 0.6-4.8 mm thick, erect to decumbent, sometimes matted.
(3)5-25 cm long, (1)1.8-16 cm wide, 1-5.75(7.5) times as long as wide, narrowly to widely conic, ovoid, or obovoid at maturity;
lowermost branches stiff to flexuous, reflexed to erect at maturity.
3.6-6.9 mm, with 2-8 florets.
of larger cauline leaves 2-9 mm, truncate or acute to attenuate;
widest cauline blades 1.5-18 mm wide.
glumes 0.7-2.1 mm;
upper glumes 0.9-2.7 mm;
lemmas 2-3.6 mm, truncate to acute;
anthers 0.3-1.5 mm.
= 14.
Torreyochloa pallida
All three varieties of Torreyochloa pallida grow in swamps, marshes, bogs, and the margins of lakes and streams. They are usually morphologically distinct, and tend to have different geographic ranges.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Widest cauline blades 1.5-3 mm wide; anthers of the lowest floret in each spikelet 0.3-0.6 mm long | var. fernaldii |
1. Widest cauline blades 2.8-18 mm wide; anthers of the lowest floret in each spikelet 0.5-1.5 mm long. | → 2 |
2. Anthers of the lowest floret in each spikelet 0.7-1.5 mm long; basal diameter of the culms 1.2-3 mm; upper glumes 1.4-2.7 mm long; plants generally of eastern North America | var. pallida |
2. Anthers of the lowest floret in each spikelet 0.5-0.7 mm long; basal diameter of the culms (1.3)1.8-4.8 mm; upper glumes 0.9-1.8 mm long; plants of western North America | var. pauciflora |
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