Leymus salina subsp. salina

Common names: Salina wildrye
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 364.
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Illustrator: Cindy Roché

Copyright: Utah State University

Culms 39-102 cm. Basal sheaths glabrous; blades strongly involute, abaxial surfaces glabrous, adaxial surfaces pubescent, usually densely hairy above the ligules. Spikes with 1 spikelet at most nodes, including those at midspike. 2n = 28.

Discussion

Leymus salina subsp. salina grows on rocky hillsides, primarily in eastern Utah and western Colorado, extending into southern Wyoming and northern Arizona and New Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Mary E. Barkworth +
(M.E. Jones) Á. Löve +
Salina wildrye +
Wash. +, Maine +, Wis. +, Ariz. +, Idaho +, Nebr. +, Utah +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Oreg. +, Minn. +, N.H. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, N.Y. +, Pa. +, Wyo. +, Calif. +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Conn. +, Colo. +, Alaska +, S.Dak. +, Mass. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +  and Mich. +
Elymus salinus +  and Elymus ambiguus var. salina +
Leymus salina subsp. salina +
Leymus salina +
subspecies +