Tridens albescens
white tridens
30-100 cm;
lower nodes sometimes sparsely bearded.
glabrous, not or obscurely keeled;
ligules to 0.5 mm, membranous, ciliate;
blades 1-4 mm wide, folded or involute, glabrous, apices sharp.
8-25 cm long, 0.5-1.3 cm wide, dense;
branches appressed, lowest branches 2-6 cm;
pedicels 1-2 mm.
4-10 mm, with 4-11 florets.
about as long as the adjacent lemmas, thin, 1-veined, acute or apiculate;
lower glumes 4-4.5 mm;
upper glumes 4-4.5 mm;
lemmas 3-4(5) mm, thin, papery, mostly white, often purple distally, glabrous or the lateral veins with a few short hairs towards the base, all veins ending before the distal margin;
paleas 3-3.5 mm, glabrous, bowed-out at the base;
anthers 1-1.5 mm.
1.5-1.8 mm.
= 60, 64, 72.
Tridens albescens
Tridens albescens grows in plains and open woods, often in clay soils that periodically receive an abundance of water. Its range extends into northern Mexico.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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