Tridens muticus var. elongatus

(Buckley) Shinners
Endemic
Synonyms: Triodia elongata Tridens ×oklahomensis Tridens alongatus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 36.

Culms usually 40-80 cm. Blades often 3-4 mm wide. Upper glumes usually 5.5-10 mm, 3-7-veined.

Distribution

Kans., Okla., Colo., N.Mex., Tex., La., Mo., Ark., Ariz.

Discussion

Tridens muticus var. elongatus grows on well-drained, clayey and sandy soils from Colorado to Missouri and from Arizona to Louisiana. It is not known from Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
rounded to truncate +
emarginate to bilobed +
Jesus Valdes-Reyna +
(Buckley) Shinners +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
multiple +, , +  and single +
keeled +  and rounded +
rhizomatous +
not fused +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
membranous +
not pseudopetiolate +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
pilose +, scabrous +  and glabrous +
attenuate +, infolded +  and involute +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
spikelike +
pilose +  and glabrous +
reniform +  and compressed +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br />) +
triangular +  and dome--shaped +
sometimes longer +
membranous +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
not woody +
Kans. +, Okla. +, Colo. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, La. +, Mo. +, Ark. +  and Ariz. +
not waisted +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
5 +  and 11 +
sterile +  and bisexual +
round +  and compressed +
reduced +
purple-tinged +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
uncinate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
paniculate +  and racemose +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
hollow +  and solid +
not absent +
purple-tinged +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
membranous +
sometimes longer +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
membranous +
adnate +  and free +
inconspicuous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
pilose +  and strigose +
not thick +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
7cm +  and 20cm +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
spikelike +
stoloniferous +
elongate +  and knotty +
crowded +  and imbricate +
1 +  and 60 +
compressed +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
compound +  and simple +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Triodia elongata +, Tridens ×oklahomensis +  and Tridens alongatus +
Tridens muticus var. elongatus +
Tridens muticus +
variety +
membranous +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
scabrous +  and glabrous +
ciliolate +, glabrous +  and hairy +
7 (?) +  and 13 (?) +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +