Festuca brachyphylla subsp. breviculmis

Fred.
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 428.
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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.

pilose +, pubescent +, puberulent +, scabrous +  and glabrous +
membranous +  and scarious +
puberulent +  and hirsute +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
awned +  and entire +
hispidulous +
bidentate +
Stephen J. Darbyshire +  and Leon E. Pavlickf +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br /> (?) +
straight +
basal +  and terminal +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
keeled +  and rounded +
swelling +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
not deciduous +  and deciduous +
not evident +
flat +, convolute +  and setaceous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
spreading;erect +
spikelike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not branching +
puberulent +, scabrous +  and glabrous +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
not woody +
Maine +, Oreg. +, Colo. +, N.Mex. +, Wash. +, Utah +, Calif. +, Minn. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Vt. +, Wyo. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Man. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Ariz. +, Alaska +  and Nev. +
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
2 +  and 4 +
compressed +
reduced +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
ovatelanceolate +
unequal +  and subequal +
persisting +
uncinate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
puberulent +  and scabrous +
1-7(9)-veined +
awned +  and entire +
ovatelanceolate +  and lanceolate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
coriaceous +, chartaceous +  and membranous +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
with hispidulous apices +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
2-keeled +
spikelike +
dry +  and fleshy +
glabrous +, pubescent +  and scabrous +
3 +  and 5 +
slowly +  and persistent +
not inflated +
1 +  and 60 +
compressed +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Festuca ovina var. brevifolia +  and Festuca ovina var. brachyphylla +
Festuca brachyphylla subsp. breviculmis +
Festuca brachyphylla +
subspecies +
membranous +
0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
parallel +  and converging +
obscure +  and prominent +
5 (?) +  and 7 (?) +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +