Festuca californica subsp. hitchcockiana

(E.B. Alexeev) Darbysh.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 410.
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Culms 60-120 cm, glabrous or pubescent for less than 5 mm below the nodes. Sheaths usually glabrous or scabrous, sometimes pubescent; collars glabrous or indistinctly pubescent; ligules (1)1.5-5 mm, sometimes ciliate, abaxial surfaces pubescent; blades 3-6.5 mm wide, conduplicate or flat, ribs 7-15(17), usually more than 1/2 as deep as the blade thickness, abaxial surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent proximally, adaxial surfaces pubescent; abaxial sclerenchyma forming continuous bands; adaxial sclerenchyma present; girders usually formed at most veins. Inflorescences 15-25 cm. Spikelets 8-12(17) mm, with (4)5-6(8) florets. Lemmas usually entire, sometimes minutely bidentate. 2n = unknown.

Discussion

Festuca californica subsp. hitch cockiana is distinguished by its relatively long ligules. It is known only from Santa Clara and San Luis Obispo counties, California.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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