Difference between revisions of "Cathestecum erectum"

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Common names: False grama
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Latest revision as of 17:59, 11 May 2021

Plants perennial; polygamous; cespitose, forming dense, small clumps, stoloniferous, stolons thin, internodes 15-40 cm, strongly arching. Culms 10-30 cm, erect or geniculate, glabrous. Leaves primarily basal; lower sheaths overlapping, densely villous basally, throats pilose; upper sheaths not overlapping, glabrous; ligules about 0.3 mm; blades 3-12 cm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, involute or flat, glabrous abaxially, scabrous and sparsely pilose adaxially, hairs to 2 mm. Panicles with 5-7 branches; branches about 5 mm, dimorphic, staminate or bisexual, the 2 forms sometimes on different plants, sometimes mixed within a panicle, spikelets of 1 form all staminate, bisexual form with pistillate (sometimes bisexual) central spikelets and well-developed staminate or sterile lateral spikelets, spikelets frequently pale green. Staminate branches: all spikelets similar; lower glumes about 1 mm; upper glumes glabrous or almost so, those of the lateral spikelets about 3 mm, those of the central spikelets about 4 mm; lemmas similar, about 3 mm, glabrous, irregularly lobed, unawned, sometimes mucronate. Bisexual branches: glumes villous; lateral spikelets with staminate or sterile florets; lemmas of lateral spikelets about 3 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, irregularly lobed, awned from the sinuses, awns hispid, equaling or occasionally exceeding the lobes; anthers 1.7-2.3 mm; central spikelets with the lowest floret pistillate, distal florets staminate or sterile; lowest lemmas glabrous or sparsely pubescent, lobed, lobes about 1/3 as long as the lemmas, awned from the sinuses, awns glabrous, subequal to the lobes or the central awns slightly longer; distal florets similar to those of the lateral florets, awns 1-2 mm longer than the lobes. 2n = 20.

Discussion

Cathestecum erectum grows on dry hills in the Great Bend region of western Texas and in northern Mexico.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

None.