Morphology

A rhizomatous, perennial grass with culms 40-60 cm tall, 1.5-5 mm thick. Ligules 1.5-4 mm. Blades 9-29 cm long, 2-7.5 mm wide.

Panicles 15-25 cm long, 6-15(20) cm wide. Branches 8-12 cm long. Spikelets 3.5-6 mm long, 1.4-2.5 mm wide, with 3-6 florets. Lower glumes 1.5-2 mm. Upper glumes 2-2.6 mm. Lemmas 2.5-3.5 mm, 7-veined. Anthers 2, 0.5-0.9 mm.

Name/Synonymy Info

Glyceria pulchella (Nash) K. Schum., Just's Bot. Jahresber. 29:513 (1903). Panicularia pulchella Nash in Britton & Rydb., Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 2:157 (1901). HOL: NY 381571; Canada, Yukon Territory: near White River; 17 Aug 1899; R.S. Williams.

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References

M.E. Barkworth & L.K. Anderton. 2007. Glyceria in Flora of North America, volume 24. Oxford University Press.

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