Stems erect or spreading, 10–40 cm, puberulent or hispid, hairs glandular and eglandular. Leaf blades narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, 5–30 × 2–10 mm, margins entire or 7-lobed, lateral veins conspicuous. Spikes 2–15 cm; bracts sometimes purple distally, lanceolate to ovate, 15–25 mm, margins pinnately 3–7-lobed. Flowers: calyx 15–20 mm; corolla greenish white, white, or pale yellow, 15–20 mm, lobes 5–7 mm, often marked with dark red (especially toward base); stamens 2, each with 2 pollen sacs; staminodes 2. Capsules narrowly ovoid, 6–10 mm. Seeds 20–30, dark brown, ovoid to reniform, 1–3 mm, without abaxial crest.

Distribution

California.

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

The coastal and inland subspecies intergrade.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Chloropyron molle subsp. hispidum, Chloropyron molle subsp. molle

Key

1	Branches from distal to base; seeds 2–3 mm; corolla tubes densely tomentose.	Chloropyron molle subsp. molle
1	Branches from near base; seeds 1–1.5 mm; corolla tubes sparsely tomentose.	Chloropyron molle subsp. hispidum