Difference between revisions of "Agrostis howellii"

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Common names: Howell's bent
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 654.
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Illustrator: Sandy Long

Copyright: Utah State University

Plants perennial; cespitose, not rhizomatous, not stoloniferous. Culms 40-80 cm, geniculate and decumbent at the base, sometimes rooting at the lower nodes, with 3-6 nodes. Leaves mostly cauline; basal leaves withered by anthesis; cauline leaves persisting; sheaths smooth or scabridulous; ligules (0.9)2.7-5 mm, dorsal surfaces scabrous, apices truncate to acute, erose to lacerate; blades 15-20 cm long, 3-5 mm wide, flat. Panicles 10-25 cm long, 3.5-11 cm wide, ovate, open and diffuse, bases usually exserted, rarely enclosed in the upper sheaths, lowest node with (1)2-6 branches; branches scabridulous, flexuous, spreading, spikelets usually only on the distal 1/2, lower branches 3-10 cm; pedicels 1.2-9.4 mm. Spikelets ovate to lanceolate, green, not or slightly tinged with purple. Glumes unequal, 2.3-3.5 mm, 1(3)-veined, veins scabridulous, acute to acuminate; callus hairs to 0.3 mm, abundant; lemmas 2.5-3 mm, usually smooth, sometimes scabridulous, translucent to opaque, 5-veined, veins prominent distally or obscure, apices acute to obtuse, lateral veins extending as 4 teeth to 0.5 mm, awned from the lower 1/3, awns 4-6 mm, geniculate; paleas absent or minute; anthers 3, 1-1.3 mm. Caryopses 1.2-1.6 mm; endosperm liquid. 2n = 28.

Discussion

Agrostis howellii is a rare Washington and Oregon endemic, growing in shady woodlands and at the base of cliffs.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

None.