×elyhordeum schaackianum

(Bowden) Bowden
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 284.

Culms about 100 cm. Sheaths glabrous, smooth; ligules about 0.7 mm, truncate; blades 6-10 mm wide, flat, adaxial surfaces sparsely hairy, hairs about 0.8 mm. Inflorescences spikelike, 9-11 cm long, 10-12 mm wide, lax, with (2) 3 spikelets per node. Spikelets with 1-2 florets, the second floret, if present, rudimentary, the lateral spikelets shortly pedicellate, the central spikelet sessile or nearly so. Glumes narrow, coarse, unawned or awned, awns to 15 mm; lemmas mostly glabrous, margins shortly hairy distally, apices unawned or awned, awns to 15 (20) mm. 2n = 28.

Discussion

×Elyhordeum schaackianum consists of hybrids between Elymus hirsutus and Hordeum brachy¬antherum. It is known only from Attu Island, Alaska, and the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "×elyhordeum schaackianum"
membranous +  and scarious +
toothed +, lobed +  and entire +
Mary E. Barkworth +
(Bowden) Bowden +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (?) +
basal +  and apical +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
not evident +
cross +, linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
spikelike +
hairy +  and glabrous +
nearly +  and sessile +
not branching +
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> (?) +
not woody +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
1 +  and 2 +
laterally compressed +  and terete +
shorter than to longer than the adjacent florets +
subtending +
subulate +  and narrowly lanceolate +
unequal +
uncinate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (?) +  and 11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br /> (?) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
solid +  and hollow +
keeled +, lanceolate +  and rectangular +
stiffly membranous +  and coriaceous +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (?) +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
fleshy +  and membranous +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
hairy +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
slightly longer +
subequal +
dry +  and fleshy +
spikelike +
spikelike +
subsessile +  and sessile +
bisexual +  and sterile +
terete +  and compressed +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
not papillate +
Gramineae +
×elyhordeum schaackianum +
×elyhordeum +
species +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +