Bromus lanatipes

(Shear) Rydb.
Common names: Wooly brome
Synonyms: Bromus anomalus var. lanatipes Bromopsis lanatipes
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 220.
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Illustrator: Cindy Roché

Copyright: Utah State University

Plants perennial; not rhizomatous. Culms 40-90 cm, erect; nodes 3-5 (7), mainly pubescent; internodes mostly glabrous, puberulent near the nodes. Basal sheaths densely pilose or glabrous; upper sheaths glabrous or almost so, midrib of the culm leaves not abruptly narrowed just below the collar; auricles absent; ligules 1-2 mm, glabrous, truncate or obtuse, sometimes lacerate; blades 5-20 cm long, to 7 mm wide, flat, both surfaces glabrous, sometimes scabrous. Panicles 10-25 cm, open, nodding; branches ascending to spreading. Spikelets 10-30 mm, elliptic to lanceolate, terete to moderately laterally compressed, with 7-12 (16) florets. Glumes usually glabrous, sometimes pubescent; lower glumes 5-6.5 (7) mm, 1 (3) -veined; upper glumes (6) 7-9 mm, 3-veined, not mucronate; lemmas 8-11 mm, elliptic, rounded over the midvein, backs and margins pubescent, sometimes nearly glabrous, apices truncate or obtuse, entire, rarely emarginate, lobes shorter than 1 mm; awns 2-4 mm, straight, arising less than 1.5 mm below the lemma apices; anthers 1.8-4 mm. 2n = 28.

Distribution

Okla., Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Tex.

Discussion

Bromus lanatipes grows in a wide range of habitats at 800-2500 m, from Wyoming through the southwestern United States to northern Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Bromus lanatipes"
membranous +  and scarious +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
emarginate +  and entire +
obtuse +  and truncate +
Leon E. Pavlickf +
(Shear) Rydb. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
distinct +
subterminal +  and terminal +
geniculate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
glabrous +  and pilose +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
not evident +
cross +, linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
ascending;spreading +
spikelike +
Wooly brome +
not branching +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +
not woody +
Okla. +, Ariz. +, Colo. +, N.Mex. +  and Tex. +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
7 +  and 12 +
terete +  and laterally compressed +
1-9(11)-veined +
always shorter +  and usually shorter +
lanceolate +
subtending +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
mucronate +  and acute +
unequal +
uncinate +
solid +  and hollow +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
rounded +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and coriaceous +
lacerate +, obtuse +  and truncate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
fleshy +  and membranous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
3 +  and 5 +
2 +  and 1 +
hairy +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
reduced +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
1 +  and 60 +
not viviparous +
elliptic +  and lanceolate terete +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Bromus anomalus var. lanatipes +  and Bromopsis lanatipes +
Bromus lanatipes +
Bromus sect. Bromopsis +
species +
membranous +
not mucronate +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
almost +  and glabrous +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +