familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
genusLeymus
speciesLeymus salina
subspeciesLeymus salina subsp. salina
Leymus salina subsp. salina
Common names: Salina wildrye
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 364.
Culms 39-102 cm. Basal sheaths glabrous; blades strongly involute, abaxial surfaces glabrous, adaxial surfaces pubescent, usually densely hairy above the ligules. Spikes with 1 spikelet at most nodes, including those at midspike. 2n = 28.
Discussion
Leymus salina subsp. salina grows on rocky hillsides, primarily in eastern Utah and western Colorado, extending into southern Wyoming and northern Arizona and New Mexico.
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.
... more about "Leymus salina subsp. salina"
absent +
common +
glabrous +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
dehiscent +
0-3(7)-veined +
straight +
midlength +
scabrous +
absent +
absent +
0-3(7)-veined +
straight +
arising +
midlength +
terminal +
evident +
scabrous +
single +
glabrous +
close +
free +
hard +
thick +
parallel +
stiff +
not evident +
involute +
spikelike +
Salina wildrye +
not branching +
annual +
climbing +
floating +
erect +
not woody +
sterile +
reduced +
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. +
1/3 +
capillary +
adjacent +
longer +
bisexual +
1-5-veined +
stiff +
shorter than to longer than the adjacent florets +
subtending +
absent +
equal +
uncinate +
punctate +
Present +
compound +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (?) +
absent +
0-3(7)-veined +
evident +
scabrous +
absent +
distributed +
basal +
5-7-veined +
longer +
scabrous +
truncate +
absent +
membranous +
veined +
truncate +
inconspicuous +
hairy +
lobed +
midlength +
simple +
absent +
well-developed +
slightly shorter than to slightly longer than the lemmas +
slightly longer +
absent +
keeled +
subequal +
absent +
absent +
0-4 mm +
separating +
thin +
absent +
spikelike +
prolonged +
evident +
open +
closed +
full +
ebracteate +
distichous +
pedicellate +
mixed +
attached +
distinct +
parallel-sided +
glabrous +
not papillate +
Leymus salina subsp. salina +
Leymus salina +
subspecies +
reduced +
hyaline +
membranous +
0-3(7)-veined +
spaced +
midlength +
absent +
inconspicuous +
scabrous +
rhizomatous +
perennial +