TaxonIllustrator 
FNA25 P54 Calamovilfa pg 143.jpegCalamovilfa gigantea
Calamovilfa longifolia var. longifolia
Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna
Cindy Roché
Linda A. Vorobik
Cindy Roché
Linda A. Vorobik
Cindy Roché
Linda A. Vorobik
FNA25 P55 Calamovilfa pg 144.jpegCalamovilfa curtissii
Calamovilfa arcuata
Calamovilfa brevipilis
Cindy Roché
Linda A. Vorobik
Cindy Roché
Linda A. Vorobik
Cindy Roché
Linda A. Vorobik

Plants perennial; synoecious; rhizomatous, rhizomes short or elongate. Culms 50-250 cm, solitary or few. Leaves cauline; sheaths open; ligules of hairs, dense, short; blades elongate, long tapering. Inflorescences terminal, simple panicles, usually exserted and exceeding the upper leaves, open to contracted; panicles 8-80 cm long, to 60 cm wide, simple, flexible, branches not spikelike, not disarticulating. Spikelets with 1 floret, laterally compressed, unawned; rachillas not prolonged; disarticulation above the glumes, achenes falling with the lemmas and paleas. Glumes subequal to unequal, 1-veined, acute; calluses evidently hairy, hairs 1/4 - 7/8 as long as the lemmas; lemmas similar to the glumes, from shorter than to longer than the upper glumes, 1-veined, acute, unawned; paleas longitudinally grooved; anthers 3, 2.4-5.5 mm; ovaries glabrous. Fruit an achene, pericarp free from the seed, x = 10.

Distribution

Ill., Ind., Wash., Alta., B.C., Man., Ont., Sask., Wis., Fla., Wyo., N.J., N.Mex., Tex., N.Y., Nebr., Tenn., N.C., S.C., Pa., Va., Colo., Ala., Kans., N.Dak., Okla., S.Dak., Ark., Iowa, Ariz., Idaho, Ohio, Utah, Mo., Minn., Mich., Mont., Ky.

Discussion

Calamovilfa is a genus of five species, all of which are endemic to temperate portions of the Flora region.

Key

1 Rhizomes elongate; ligules 0.7-2.5 mm (sect. Interior). > 2
2 Lemmas or paleas (or both) pubescent, although sometimes sparsely so; spikelets 7-10.8 mm long Calamovilfa gigantea
2 Lemmas and paleas glabrous; spikelets 5-8.5 mm long Calamovilfa longifolia
1 Rhizomes short; ligules to 0.7 mm (sect. Calamovilfa). > 2
3 Panicles contracted, to 3.5 cm wide Calamovilfa curtissii
3 Panicles open, 4-40 cm wide. > 4
4 Spikelets 6-7.4 mm; glumes acute to acuminate, usually arcuate; lemmas 5.5-7 mm, arcuate, attenuate Calamovilfa arcuata
4 Spikelets 4-5.8 mm; glumes acute, straight; lemmas 4-5.4 mm, straight, acuminate Calamovilfa brevipilis

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Calamovilfa"
0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
John W. Thieret +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
multiple +, , +  and single +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
not fused +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
membranous +
not pseudopetiolate +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
tapering +  and elongate +
not disarticulating +
not spikelike +
triangular +  and dome--shaped +
sometimes longer +
membranous +
ascending +  and erect +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (250 cm2,500 mm <br />2.5 m <br />) +
not woody +
Ill. +, Ind. +, Wash. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Ont. +, Sask. +, Wis. +, Fla. +, Wyo. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, N.Y. +, Nebr. +, Tenn. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Pa. +, Va. +, Colo. +, Ala. +, Kans. +, N.Dak. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Ark. +, Iowa +, Ariz. +, Idaho +, Ohio +, Utah +, Mo. +, Minn. +, Mich. +, Mont. +  and Ky. +
not waisted +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
bisexual +  and fertile +
round +  and compressed +
reduced +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
subequal +  and unequal +
1/4 +  and 7/8 +
uncinate +
paniculate +  and racemose +
hollow +  and solid +
not absent +
sometimes longer +
inconspicuous +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
simple +  and open +
8cm +  and 80cm +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
spikelike +
not prolonged +
thieret1956a +
1 +  and 60 +
compressed +
1 +  and 3 +
compound +  and simple +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Gramineae +
Calamovilfa +
Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae +
membranous +
7 (?) +  and 13 (?) +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +