Festuca californica subsp. hitchcockiana

(E.B. Alexeev) Darbysh.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 410.
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Culms 60-120 cm, glabrous or pubescent for less than 5 mm below the nodes. Sheaths usually glabrous or scabrous, sometimes pubescent; collars glabrous or indistinctly pubescent; ligules (1) 1.5-5 mm, sometimes ciliate, abaxial surfaces pubescent; blades 3-6.5 mm wide, conduplicate or flat, ribs 7-15 (17), usually more than 1/2 as deep as the blade thickness, abaxial surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent proximally, adaxial surfaces pubescent; abaxial sclerenchyma forming continuous bands; adaxial sclerenchyma present; girders usually formed at most veins. Inflorescences 15-25 cm. Spikelets 8-12 (17) mm, with (4) 5-6 (8) florets. Lemmas usually entire, sometimes minutely bidentate. 2n = unknown.

Discussion

Festuca californica subsp. hitch cockiana is distinguished by its relatively long ligules. It is known only from Santa Clara and San Luis Obispo counties, California.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"wider than long" is not a number."decumbent" is not a number."longest" is not a number.

pubescent +  and glabrous +
membranous +  and scarious +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
unawned +, awned +  and entire +
hispidulous +
mucronate +, awned +, bidentate +, acute +  and attenuate +
Stephen J. Darbyshire +  and Leon E. Pavlickf +
(E.B. Alexeev) Darbysh. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
straight +
basal +  and terminal +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
keeled +  and rounded +
swelling +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
deciduous +
not evident +
flat +  and convolute +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
spikelike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not branching +
ascending +  and erect +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
not woody +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
5 +  and 6 +
compressed +
reduced +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
scabrous +  and glabrous +
lanceolate +
unequal +  and subequal +
persisting +
uncinate +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
1-7(9)-veined +
bidentate +
0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
coriaceous +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.67 cm6.7 mm <br />0.0067 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
with hispidulous apices +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
shorter than to longer than the lemmas +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
2-keeled +
spikelike +
dry +  and fleshy +
glabrous +, pubescent +  and scabrous +
/2 +, 1 +, 7 +  and 15 +
persistent +
pubescent +, scabrous +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 60 +
compressed +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Gramineae +
Festuca californica subsp. hitchcockiana +
Festuca californica +
subspecies +
membranous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
parallel +  and converging +
obscure +  and prominent +
9 (?) +  and 15 (?) +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +