Difference between revisions of "Agrostis howellii"

Scribn
Common names: Howell's bent
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 654.
FNA>Volume Importer
imported>Volume Importer
Line 4: Line 4:
 
|publications=
 
|publications=
 
|common_names=Howell's bent
 
|common_names=Howell's bent
 +
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
 +
|code=E
 +
|label=Endemic
 +
}}
 
|basionyms=
 
|basionyms=
 
|synonyms=
 
|synonyms=
Line 38: Line 42:
 
|publication title=
 
|publication title=
 
|publication year=
 
|publication year=
|special status=
+
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V24/V24_923.xml
+
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V24/V24_923.xml
 
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
 
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
 
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae
 
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae

Revision as of 21:51, 27 May 2020

Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
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

None.

Lower Taxa

None.