Difference between revisions of "Elymus elymoides subsp. elymoides"

Common names: Common squirreltail
Synonyms: Elymus sitanion
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Latest revision as of 16:23, 11 May 2021

Culms 15-45 cm, erect to decumbent. Blades usually puberulent abaxially, sometimes glabrous. Spikes 4-15 cm, exserted or partly included, usually with 2 spikelets per node. Spikelets with (1)2-3(4) fertile florets, lowest 1-2 florets sterile and glumelike. Glume awns 35-85 mm, often split into 2, sometimes 3, unequal divisions; lemma awns 25-75 mm, usually exceeded by those of the glumes; paleas with the veins extended as bristles.

Discussion

Elymus elymoides subsp. elymoides grows in desert and shrub-steppe areas of western North America, extending to the western edge of the Great Plains and, as an adventive, occasionally further east. It is frequently associated with disturbed sites.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Mary E. Barkworth +, Julian J.N. Campbell +  and Bjorn Salomon +
(Raf.) Swezey +
Common squirreltail +
Wash. +, D.C. +, Ill. +, Ky. +, Wyo. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Idaho +, Oreg. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Sask. +, Nev. +, Colo. +, Kans. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Calif. +, Ariz. +, Mont. +, Utah +  and Mo. +
Elymus sitanion +
Elymus elymoides subsp. elymoides +
Elymus elymoides +
subspecies +