Festuca viviparoidea subsp. viviparoidea

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 437.
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Illustrator: Cindy Roché

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Plants densely cespitose. Culms densely to sparsely puberulent below the inflorescence. Sheaths stramineous, persistent; abaxial sclerenchyma strands about twice as wide as the adjacent veins, 2-3 times as wide as high. Glumes and lemmas smooth or scabrous near the apices. 2n = 49, 56.

Discussion

Festuca viviparoidea subsp. viviparoidea is circumpolar and found in the high arctic, including Alaska, Yukon Territory, Nunavut, Greenland, Svalbard, and Russia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

membranous +  and scarious +
puberulent +  and hirsute +
awned +  and entire +
hispidulous +
bidentate +
Stephen J. Darbyshire +  and Leon E. Pavlickf +
Krajina ex Pavlick +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
basal +  and terminal +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 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 /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
not deciduous +  and deciduous +
not evident +
flat +, convolute +  and setaceous +
spikelike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not branching +
ascending +  and erect +
puberulent +
13.5 cm135 mm <br />0.135 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
not woody +
Mont. +, Alaska +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Que. +, Yukon +  and Wyo. +
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
2 +  and 10 +
compressed +
reduced +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
lanceolate +
unequal +  and subequal +
persisting +
uncinate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4.8 cm48 mm <br />0.048 m <br />) +
puberulent +  and scabrous +
1-7(9)-veined +
unawned +  and awned +
puberulent +, glabrous +, , +, scabrous +  and smooth +
bidentate +
0.33 cm3.3 mm <br />0.0033 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
coriaceous +, chartaceous +  and membranous +
varying +  and normal +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
with hispidulous apices +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
2-keeled +
reduced +
spikelike +
dry +  and fleshy +
glabrous +, pubescent +  and scabrous +
2 +  and 4 +
persistent +
scabrous +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 60 +
compressed +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Festuca vivipara subsp. glabra +
Festuca viviparoidea subsp. viviparoidea +
Festuca viviparoidea +
subspecies +
membranous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
parallel +  and converging +
obscure +  and prominent +
5 (?) +  and 7 (?) +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +