familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
tribePoaceae tribe Poeae
genusFestuca
subgenusFestuca subg. Festuca
sectionFestuca sect. Festuca
speciesFestuca brachyphylla
subspeciesFestuca brachyphylla subsp. breviculmis
Festuca brachyphylla subsp. breviculmis
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 428.
Culms usually less than twice as long as the vegetative shoot leaves. Spikelets 3.5-5 (5.5) mm. Lemmas 2.5-4 mm; awns 1-2 (2.2) mm. 2n = 28 (?) [chromosome count unknown, but has been inferred].
Discussion
Festuca brachyphylla subsp. breviculmis is endemic to California, where it grows in alpine habitats in the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"wider than long" is not a number."-2timesaslongasthevegetativeshootleaves" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."longest" is not a number.
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absent +
common +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
hispidulous +
bidentate +
absent +
absent +
2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br /> (?) +
straight +
arising +
terminal +
single +
close +
free +
hard +
thick +
parallel +
conduplicate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
pruinose +
stiff +
not evident +
glaucous +
scabrous +
spreading;erect +
1;2 +
spikelike +
developed +
glabrous +
not branching +
annual +
climbing +
floating +
erect +
not woody +
reduced +
capillary +
adjacent +
sometimes longer +
distal +
bisexual +
compressed +
reduced +
shorter +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
absent +
glabrous +
scabrous +
ovatelanceolate +
equal +
persisting +
uncinate +
punctate +
1/2 +
Present +
compound +
contracted +
reduced +
hollow +
absent +
absent +
distichous +
1-7(9)-veined +
adjacent +
shorter +
longer +
scabrous +
chartaceous +
equal +
truncate +
absent +
acute +
membranous +
veined +
truncate +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
membranous +
reflexed +
1(3)-veined +
simple +
adjacent +
absent +
well-developed +
absent +
2-keeled +
minute +
contracted +
spikelike +
reduced +
absent +
separating +
thin +
not developed +
absent +
prolonged +
evident +
open +
closed +
closed +
senescent +
scabrous +
not inflated +
Endemic +
ebracteate +
mixed +
attached +
viviparous +
compressed +
parallel-sided +
Festuca brachyphylla subsp. breviculmis +
Festuca brachyphylla +
subspecies +
hyaline +
membranous +
3(5)-veined +
scabrous-ciliate +
absent +
perennial +
bisexual +