familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
tribePoaceae tribe Poeae
genusSesleria
speciesSesleria nitida

Sesleria nitida

Ten.
Mary E. Barkworth
Common names: Gray moorgrass
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 681.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: Annaliese Miller

Copyright: Utah State University

Plants cespitose, not rhizomatous. Culms 20-70 cm, ascending. Sheaths glabrous or sparsely pubescent; ligules 0.6-2 mm, truncate to acute, ciliolate; blades of cauline leaves 3.5-7.5 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, glabrous, glaucous; blades of flag leaves 3.5-7.5 cm. Panicles 2-3.5 cm long, 9-15 mm wide, ovoid. Spikelets 5.6-6.5 mm, with 2-3 florets. Glumes 5-6.5 mm, lanceolate, veins hairy, apices 3-5-awned, central awns 1-2 mm, lateral awns about 0.5 mm; lemmas 5-6 mm, glabrous, 3-5-toothed, central teeth 1-1.5 mm, slightly divergent, lateral teeth 0.5-1 mm; paleas 4.5-5 mm, ciliate on the keels; anthers about 2.2 mm. 2n = unknown.

Discussion

Sesleria nitida is native to the mountains of central Italy and Sicily, where it grows in broken, rocky, calcareous habitats, sometimes forming intermediates with S. autumnalis (Deyl 1980). It is grown as an ornamental in the Flora region.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

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Abaxial ligule presence
absent +
Abaxial ligule quantity
common +
Adaxial cell presence
absent +
Adaxial cell shape
bulliform +
Adaxial ligule architecture or pubescence or shape
ciliate +
Adaxial ligule presence
absent +
Adaxial ligule texture
membranous +  and scarious +
Anther quantity
3 +
Anther some measurement
2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br /> (?) +
Apex architecture or shape
3-5-awned +
Arm cell presence
absent +
Auricle presence
absent +
Author
Mary E. Barkworth +
Authority
Ten. +
Awn atypical quantity
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Awn course
straight +
Awn orientation
arising +
Awn position
basal +  and terminal +
Awn pubescence
glabrous +
Awn quantity
single +
Awn shape
bent +
Back shape
keeled +  and rounded +
Basal floret quantity
1 +  and 2 +
Base architecture
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
Base arrangement
close +
Base fusion
free +
Base position
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
Base size
swelling +
Base texture
hard +
Base width
thick +
Blade architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation
plicate +
Blade arrangement
parallel +
Blade arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Blade prominence
not evident +
Blade prominence or shape
flat +
Blade shape
cross +, linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
Blade shape or vernation
involute +
Bract shape
ovate +  and round +
Bract texture
scarious +
Branch shape
spikelike +
Branch some measurement
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
Callus development
developed +
Callus height or length or size
short +
Callus pubescence
with scattered hairs +  and glabrous +
Callus shape
rounded +
Central awn some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Common name
Gray moorgrass +
Culm architecture
not branching +
Culm architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Culm atypical some measurement
100 +
Culm duration
annual +
Culm growth form
climbing +
Culm growth form or location
floating +
Culm orientation
ascending +
Culm some measurement
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
Culm texture
not woody +
Distal floret size
reduced +
Embryo quantity
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
Endosperm texture
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
Filament shape
capillary +
Floret architecture
pistillate +  and staminate +
Floret arrangement
adjacent +
Floret length or size
sometimes longer +
Floret position or shape
distal +
Floret quantity
2 +  and 3 +
Floret reproduction
sterile +  and bisexual +
Floret shape
compressed +
Floret size
reduced +
Glume architecture
1-3-veined +
Glume architecture or shape
awned +
Glume height or length or size
usually shorter +
Glume length or size
shorter or longer +
Glume position
subtending +
Glume presence
absent +
Glume quantity
2 +
Glume shape
lanceolate +
Glume size
unequal +
Glume some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
Glume texture
scarious +  and membranous +
Glume variability
equal +
Hair arrangement
scattered +
Hair shape
uncinate +
Hilum arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Hilum coloration or relief
punctate +
Hilum shape
Ovate (?) +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Utah State University +
Illustrator
Annaliese Miller +
Inflorescence architecture
compound +
Inflorescence density
dense +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Inflorescence shape
cylindrical +  and globose +
Internode architecture
hollow +
Internode presence
absent +
Lateral awn some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
Layer presence
absent +
Leaf arrangement
distichous +
Leaf blade length
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
Leaf blade pubescence
glaucous +  and glabrous +
Leaf blade width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Leaf margin arrangement
Overlapping (?) +
Leaf position
basal +
Lemma architecture
5-7-veined +
Lemma architecture or shape
awned +
Lemma height or length or size
shorter +
Lemma length or size
longer +
Lemma pubescence
glabrous +
Lemma quantity
3 +  and 5 +
Lemma shape
3-5-toothed +
Lemma some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Lemma texture
membranous +
Ligule presence
absent +
Ligule pubescence
ciliolate +
Ligule shape
truncate +  and acute +
Ligule some measurement
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Ligule texture
membranous +
Lodicule architecture
veined +
Lodicule architecture or pubescence or shape
ciliate +
Lodicule architecture or shape
truncate +
Lodicule fusion
free +
Lodicule prominence
inconspicuous +
Lodicule pubescence
glabrous +
Lodicule quantity
2 +
Lodicule shape
toothed +
Lodicule texture
membranous +
Midrib architecture
simple +
Node prominence
concealed +  and prominent +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Other quantity
2 +  and 1 +
Ovary presence
absent +
Ovary pubescence
pubescent +
Palea architecture or pubescence or shape
ciliate +
Palea development
well-developed +
Palea presence
absent +
Palea shape
2-keeled +
Palea size
minute +
Palea some measurement
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Palea variability
exceeding the lemmas +  and equaling +
Panicle length
2cm +  and 3.5cm +
Panicle shape
ovoid +
Panicle size
reduced +
Panicle width
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Papilla presence
absent +
Pericarp arrangement
separating +
Pericarp condition or texture
dry +
Pericarp texture
dry +  and fleshy +
Pericarp width
thin +
Pseudopetiole development
not developed +
Pseudopetiole presence
absent +
Rachilla length
prolonged +
Rachilla pubescence
pilose +  and glabrous +
Rachis prominence
evident +
Reference
None +
Scale pubescence
pubescent +
Scale quantity
1 +  and 2 +
Sheath architecture
open +
Sheath condition
closed +
Sheath length
open +
Sheath pubescence
pubescent +  and glabrous +
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Spike architecture
ebracteate +
Spikelet arrangement
mixed +
Spikelet fixation
attached +
Spikelet quantity
1 +  and 60 +
Spikelet reproduction
viviparous +
Spikelet shape
compressed +
Spikelet some measurement
0.56 cm5.6 mm <br />0.0056 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
Stamen quantity
1 +  and 3 +
Starch-grain architecture
simple +  and compound +
Style-branch atypical quantity
4 +  and 1 +
Style-branch quantity
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Style quantity
2 +
Subsidiary-cell architecture
parallel-sided +
Synonyms
Gramineae +
Taxon family
Poaceae +
Taxon name
Sesleria nitida +
Taxon parent
Sesleria +
Taxon rank
species +
Terminal floret reproduction
sexual +
Terminal panicle quantity
single +
Tissue coloration
hyaline +
Tissue texture
membranous +
Tooth shape
awnlike +
Vein arrangement
parallel +  and converging +
Vein presence
absent +
Vein pubescence
hairy +
Vein quantity
2 (?) +
Vein size
major +
Volume
Volume 24 +
Whole organism architecture
not rhizomatous +
Whole organism arrangement or pubescence
tufted +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
plant +  and cespitose +
Whole organism growth form or habitat
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
X chromosome quantity
7 +