familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
genusElymus
speciesElymus stebbinsii
subspeciesElymus stebbinsii subsp. stebbinsii
Elymus stebbinsii subsp. stebbinsii
Common names: Stebbins' wheatgrass
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 329.
Lowest visible cauline node often pubescent. Lower leaf-sheaths pubescent or glabrous. Spike internodes 16.3-27 mm. Spikelets 17-29 mm. Lemmas unawned or awned, awns to 8 (12) mm.
Discussion
Elymus stebbinsii subsp. stebbinsii is best known from the coastal mountains south of San Jose. It also grows at scattered locations from the central Sierra Nevada south to the Transverse Mountains.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"decumbent" is not a number.
... more about "Elymus stebbinsii subsp. stebbinsii"
absent +
common +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (?) +
hairy +
acute +
0.2mm;0.3mm +
absent +
absent +
unbranched +
divergent +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (?) +
straight +
arising +
single +
close +
free +
hard +
thick +
parallel +
not evident +
spikelike +
Stebbins' wheatgrass +
not branching +
annual +
climbing +
floating +
glabrous +
not woody +
sterile +
reduced +
Calif. +
1/3 +
capillary +
adjacent +
longer +
bisexual +
5-veined +
shorter than to longer than the adjacent florets +
subtending +
absent +
subequal +
equal +
uncinate +
punctate +
Present +
compound +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
absent +
glabrous +
absent +
distributed +
concentrated +
5(7)-veined +
shorter +
longer +
glabrous +
scabrous +
acute +
long-ciliate +
absent +
ciliolate +
membranous +
veined +
truncate +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
glumelike +
functional +
sterile +
involute +
widest +
simple +
scabridulous +
absent +
well-developed +
shorter +
slightly longer +
absent +
tapering +
subequal +
absent +
absent +
0-4 mm +
separating +
thin +
absent +
spikelike +
prolonged +
glabrous +
evident +
open +
closed +
open +
Endemic +
ebracteate +
divergent +
attached +
appressed +
distinct +
parallel-sided +
not papillate +
Elymus stebbinsii subsp. stebbinsii +
Elymus stebbinsii +
subspecies +
hyaline +
membranous +
ribbed +
spaced +
absent +
inconspicuous +
scabrous +
rhizomatous +
perennial +