Difference between revisions of "×achnella caduca"

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Revision as of 21:45, 27 May 2020

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Illustrator: Cindy Roché

Copyright: Utah State University

Culms 50-90 cm, glabrous. Basal sheaths mostly glabrous, margins and throats usually ciliate; ligules 0.5-1.7 mm, truncate-rounded; blades 1-3.5 mm wide. Panicles 15-18 cm; branches ascending. Lower glumes 6-8.5 mm long, 1-1.6 mm wide; florets 4-5 mm; calluses about 0.7 mm; lemmas 7-veined, hairy, hairs 1-2 mm, apices awned; awns 9-16 mm, readily deciduous; paleas 2.5-3.3 mm, 2/3 - 3/4 the length of the lemmas, hairy; anthers 2, 1.7-2.3 mm, differing in length within the florets, indehiscent. 2n = 65.

Distribution

Alta., B.C., Man., N.W.T., Sask., Yukon, Mont., N.Dak., Nebr.

Discussion

×Achnella caduca is a sterile hybrid between Achnatherum hymenoides and Nassella viridula that occurs infrequently in Montana and Wyoming. It differs from Achnatherum hymenoides in its longer glumes and florets; from Nassella viridula in its more saccate glumes, longer lemma hairs, and well-developed palea; and from other hybrids involving Achnatherum hymenoides in its readily deciduous awn.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.