Aristida longespica var. geniculata
Common names: Kearney's threeawn
Endemic
Synonyms: Aristida necopina Aristida intermedia
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 330.
Glumes 4-11 mm; lemmas 3.5-10 mm; central awns (8) 12-27 mm, erect to reflexed; lateral awns (1) 6-18 mm, erect to horizontal; anthers 1 or 3.
Distribution
Conn., Mass., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Ala., Ga., Md., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va., Wis., Fla., Tex., La., Pa., R.I., Colo., Ont., Ark., Vt., Ill., Ind., Iowa, S.Dak., Kans., Nebr., Okla., Ohio, Mo., Mich., Miss., Ky.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"decumbent" is not a number.
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absent +
of hairs +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
membranous +
3-awned +
narrowed +
absent +
kranz +
absent +
lacking +
not disarticulating +
absent +
reduced +
curving +
not evident +
close +
contorted +
hard +
thick +
twisted +
straight +
light green +
spikelike +
well-developed +
hirsute +
light-brown +
falling +
fusiform +
adaxial +
glabrous +
Kearney's threeawn +
much-branched +
annual +
climbing +
floating +
prostrate +
not woody +
absent +
cleft +
hard +
thread-like +
capillary +
germination +
sometimes longer +
bisexual +
absent +
1-veined +
often longer +
subtending +
acuminate +
subequal +
thin +
straight +
maturity +
punctate +
Present +
spicate +
hollow +
elongated +
absent +
obsolete +
0-18 mm +
reduced +
absent +
distichous +
cauline +
narrowed +
3-veined +
not beaked +
convolute +
overlapping +
scabridulous +
fusiform +
coriaceous +
absent +
indistinguishable +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
free +
absent +
inconspicuous +
glabrous +
membranous +
absent +
simple +
absent +
glabrous +
2-veined +
shorter +
maturity +
concealing +
absent +
keeled +
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spreading;appressed;erect +
absent +
not prolonged +
evident +
open +
closed +
not disintegrating +
shorter +
absent +
Endemic +
attached +
bisexual +
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Aristida longespica var. geniculata +
Aristida longespica +
variety +
thin-walled +
slender +
hyaline +
membranous +
absent +
rhizomatous +
annual +
herbaceous +