familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
tribePoaceae tribe Poeae
genusPhleum
speciesPhleum subulatum
Phleum subulatum
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Plants annual. Culms 2-30(40) cm. Sheaths of the flag leaves not inflated; auricles not developed, leaf edges often wrinkled at the junction of the sheath and blade; ligules 4-7 mm, acute; blades 1.5-12 cm long, 1-4 mm wide, sometimes convolute. Panicles 0.8-11 cm long, 2-7 mm wide, narrowly cylindrical, parallel-sided. Glumes 2-4 mm, semi-elliptical in outline, keels usually glabrous, apices of the lower and upper glumes pointing towards each other; lemmas about 2/3 as long as the glumes, glabrous, midveins scabridulous; anthers 1.5-2 mm. 2n = 14.
Distribution
Md., Pa., Mass., Oreg.
Discussion
Phleum subulatum is native to the grasslands of southern Europe. In the Flora region, it is known only from old ballast dump records.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
None.