Leymus salina subsp. mojavensis

Barkworth & R.J. Atkins
Common names: Mojave wildrye
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 364.
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Illustrator: Cindy Roché

Copyright: Utah State University

Culms 35-90 cm. Basal sheaths glabrous; blades flat or almost flat, abaxial surfaces nearly always glabrous, adaxial surfaces scabridulous, not densely hairy above the ligules, occasionally sparsely hairy. Spikes with 1 spikelet at most nodes, 2-3 central nodes with 2 spikelets. 2n = unknown.

Discussion

Leymus salina subsp. mojavensis grows at scattered locations on steep, north-facing slopes of the New York, Providence, and Clark mountains in California, and of the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number."/2-33/4timesthelengthof" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

membranous +  and scarious +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
0-3(7)-veined +
straight +
midlength +
hairy +, glabrous +  and pilose +
acute +, tapering +, acuminate +  and keeled +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Mary E. Barkworth +
Barkworth & R.J. Atkins +
0-3(7)-veined +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
midlength +
glabrous +  and pilose +
tapering +, acuminate +, acute +  and keeled +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
not evident +
flat +  and strongly involute +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
spikelike +
hairy +  and glabrous +
Mojave wildrye +
not branching +
35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br /> (140 cm1,400 mm <br />1.4 m <br />) +
35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +
not woody +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Wash. +, Maine +, Wis. +, Ariz. +, Idaho +, Nebr. +, Utah +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Oreg. +, Minn. +, N.H. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, N.Y. +, Pa. +, Wyo. +, Calif. +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Conn. +, Colo. +, Alaska +, S.Dak. +, Mass. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +  and Mich. +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
3 +  and 6 +
laterally compressed +  and terete +
shorter than to longer than the adjacent florets +
0mm +  and 12.5mm +
subtending +
keeled +  and subulate +
unequal +  and subequal +
0.5mm +  and 3.2mm +
uncinate +
solid +  and hollow +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (?) +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0-3(7)-veined +
glabrous +  and pilose +
tapering +, acuminate +, acute +  and keeled +
distributed +
strigillose +  and glabrous +
keeled +  and rounded +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.25 cm12.5 mm <br />0.0125 m <br />) +
stiffly membranous +  and coriaceous +
truncate +  and rounded +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
fleshy +  and membranous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
hairy +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
slightly shorter than to slightly longer than the lemmas +
slightly longer +
subequal +
appressed +  and ascending +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
spikelike +
bisexual +  and sterile +
terete +  and compressed +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
not papillate +
Elymus salinus +  and Elymus ambiguus var. salina +
Leymus salina subsp. mojavensis +
Leymus salina +
subspecies +
awnlike +
membranous +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (1.25 cm12.5 mm <br />0.0125 m <br />) +
0-3(7)-veined +
awned +  and ribbed +
midlength +
inconspicuous +
glabrous +  and pilose +
tapering +, acuminate +, acute +  and keeled +
unequal +  and subequal +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +