View source for Sporobolus airoides

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|accepted_name=Sporobolus airoides
|accepted_authority=(Torr.) Torr.
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|common_names=Alkali sacaton
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sporobolus tharpii
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Sporobolus;Sporobolus airoides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sporobolus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sporobolus airoides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 126
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; cespitose, not rhizomatous. <b>Culms</b> 35-120 (150) cm, stout. <b>Sheaths</b> rounded below, shiny, apices glabrous or sparsely hairy, hairs to 6 mm; ligules 0.1-0.3 mm; blades (3)10-45(60) cm long, (1)2-5(6) mm wide, flat to involute, glabrous abaxially, scabridulous adaxially, margins smooth or scabridulous; flag blades ascending. <b>Panicles</b> (10)15-45 cm long, 15-25 cm wide, diffuse, subpyramidal, often included in the uppermost sheath; primary branches 1.5-13 cm, spreading 30-90° from the rachis; secondary branches spreading, without spikelets on the lower 1/4 - 1/3; pulvini glabrous; pedicels 0.5-2 mm, spreading, glabrous or scabrous. <b>Spikelets</b> 1.3-2.8 mm, purplish or greenish. <b>Glumes</b> unequal, lanceolate to ovate, membranous; lower glumes 0.5-1.8 mm, often without midveins; upper glumes 1.1-2.4(2.8) mm, at least 2/3 as long as the florets; lemmas 1.2-2.5 mm, ovate, membranous, glabrous, acute; paleas 1.1-2.4 mm, ovate, membranous, glabrous; anthers 1.1-1.8 mm, yellowish to purplish. <b>Fruits</b> 1-1.4 mm, ellipsoid, reddish-brown, striate. <b>2n</b> = 80, 90, 108, 126.</span><!--

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|distribution=Wyo.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;B.C.;S.C.;Wash.;Utah;Calif.;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Oreg.;Mont.;Ark.;N.Y.;Mo.;Ariz.;Idaho;Nev.
|discussion=<p>Sporobolus airoides grows on dry, sandy to gravelly flats or slopes, at elevations from 50-2350 m. It is usually associated with alkaline soils. Its range extends into northern Mexico.</p>
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name=Sporobolus airoides
|author=
|authority=(Torr.) Torr.
|rank=species
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|synonyms=Sporobolus tharpii
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik and Hana Pazdírková
|distribution=Wyo.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;B.C.;S.C.;Wash.;Utah;Calif.;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Oreg.;Mont.;Ark.;N.Y.;Mo.;Ariz.;Idaho;Nev.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Sporobolus
|species=Sporobolus airoides
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