Festuca saximontana var. saximontana

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 432.
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Illustrator: Cindy Roché

Copyright: Utah State University

Culms 25-50(60) cm, usually 3-5 times the height of the vegetative shoot leaves, usually glabrous below the inflorescences, sometimes sparsely scabrous or pubescent; blades usually scabrous on the abaxial surfaces, scabrules to 0.1 mm; abaxial sclerenchyma in 3-5 strands, sometimes partly confluent or forming a continuous band. Lemmas smooth or scabrous distally.

Distribution

Wis., Alta., B.C., Greenland, Man., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, N.Mex., Wash., N.Y., Utah, Calif., Mich., Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Nev., Oreg., Vt., Mont., Alaska, Iowa, Kans., Minn., N.Dak., Nebr., S.Dak., Wyo.

Discussion

Festuca saximontana var. saximontana grows throughout the range of the species.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Stephen J. Darbyshire +  and Leon E. Pavlickf +
Wis. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Man. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, N.Mex. +, Wash. +, N.Y. +, Utah +, Calif. +, Mich. +, Ariz. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Vt. +, Mont. +, Alaska +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Minn. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, S.Dak. +  and Wyo. +
Festuca ovina var. saximontana +  and Festuca ovina var. rydbergii +
Festuca saximontana var. saximontana +
Festuca saximontana +
variety +