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|accepted_name=Leymus salina
|accepted_authority=(M.E. Jones) Á. Löve
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Elymus salinus
|authority=
|rank=species
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|name=Elymus ambiguus var. salina
|authority=
|rank=variety
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Triticeae;Leymus;Leymus salina
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Triticeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Leymus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Leymus salina]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 364
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>cespitose, sometimes weakly rhizomatous. <b>Culms</b> 35-140 cm tall, 1.5-3 mm thick, several together. <b>Leaves</b> exceeded by the spikes; auricles to 1 mm; ligules 0.1-1 mm, truncate; blades 1-5 mm wide, flat to strongly involute, adaxial surfaces glabrous or sparsely to -9 prominently ribbed, subequal long, 4-11 mm wide, nodes below midspike with 1-2(3) spikelets, distal nodes with 1 spikelet; internodes 3.5-9 mm, surfaces glabrous, edges scabrous or strigillose. <b>Spikelets</b> 9-21 mm, pedicellate, pedicels to 1 mm, with 3-6 florets. <b>Glumes</b> unequal to subequal, to 12.5 mm long, 0.5-3.2 mm wide, subulate, stiff, keeled, the central portion thicker than the margins, tapering from below midlength, 0-1(3)-veined, veins inconspicuous at midlength; lower glumes 0-12 mm; upper glumes 3.5-12.5 mm; lemmas 7-12.5 mm, usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely strigillose, unawned or awned, awns to 2.5 mm; anthers 2.5-7.5 mm, dehiscent.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p>The three subspecies of <i>Leymus salina</i> differ in their pubescence and geographic distribution, with <i></i>subsp.<i> salina</i> being the most common of the three. The specific epithet comes from the locality of the type collection: Salina Pass, Utah.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Basal sheaths and blades conspicuously hairy on the abaxial surfaces
|[[Leymus salina subsp. salmonis|Leymus salina subsp. salmonis]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Basal sheaths glabrous; blades usually glabrous on the abaxial surfaces.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Blades strongly involute, usually densely hairy just above the ligules
|[[Leymus salina subsp. salina|Leymus salina subsp. salina]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Blades flat or almost flat, not densely hairy above the ligules
|[[Leymus salina subsp. mojavensis|Leymus salina subsp. mojavensis]]
|}
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name=Leymus salina
|authority=(M.E. Jones) Á. Löve
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Elymus salinus;Elymus ambiguus var. salina
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Cindy Roché
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Triticeae
|genus=Leymus
|species=Leymus salina
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