Melica geyeri var. aristulata

J.T. Howell
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 95.

Lemmas toothed, awned from between the teeth, awns 0.5-2 mm.

Discussion

Melica geyeri var. aristulata grows in Marin, and possibly Shasta, counties in California.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

membranous +  and scarious +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
toothed +, rounded +  and acute +
Mary E. Barkworth +
J.T. Howell +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
basal +  and apical +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
persistent +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
hairy +  and glabrous +
folded +  and flat +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
not branching +
ascending +  and erect +
65 cm650 mm <br />0.65 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
not woody +
0 +  and 1/3 +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
sometimes longer +
4 +  and 7 +
compressed +
reduced +
shorter than to longer than the adjacent lemmas +
subtending +
0 +  and 1/2 +
chartaceous +  and membranous +
uncinate +
scabrous +  and glabrous +
toothed +
0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br /> (1.25 cm12.5 mm <br />0.0125 m <br />) +
coriaceous +  and membranous +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
1.5mm +  and 2mm +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
well-developed +
reduced +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
scabrous +  and strigose +
dry +  and fleshy +
scabridulous to scabrous +
not viviparous +
compressed +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
collar-like +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Gramineae +
Melica geyeri var. aristulata +
Melica geyeri +
variety +
membranous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
2mm +  and 2.5mm +
inconspicuous +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +