Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 450.

Panicle branches erect to ascending, lower branches sometimes spreading distally. Spikelets usually 5.5-10 (13) mm, usually not or only slightly overlapping. Lemmas usually smooth, sometimes scabridulous distally and on the margins; awns of the lowermost lemma in each spikelet 3-9 mm.

Distribution

Wash., Alta., B.C., Man., Ont., Sask., D.C., W.Va., Iowa, Kans., Minn., N.Dak., Nebr., Okla., S.Dak., Wyo., N.J., N.Mex., Tex., La., Tenn., N.C., S.C., Conn., N.Y., Vt., Va., Calif., Ala., Ark., Ill., Ind., Ariz., Idaho, Md., Colo., Fla., Ga., Mich., Pa., Wis., Utah, Mo., Mont., Nev., Miss., Ky., Oreg.

Discussion

Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora is widespread throughout southern Canada, the United States, and Mexico, and has been introduced into temperate regions of South America, Europe, and Asia. It is most common from northern Oklahoma to Virginia, south to the Texas Gulf prairie and Florida.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

membranous +  and scarious +
3 +  and 1 +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
bifid +  and entire +
more pubescent +
acute +  and acuminate mucronate or awned +
Robert I. Lonard +
(Walter) Rydb. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
basal +  and terminal +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
not evident +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
rolled +  and flat +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
appressed;spreading +
spikelike +
not branching +
ascending +  and erect +
pubescent +, glabrous +  and tufted +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
not woody +
Wash. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Ont. +, Sask. +, D.C. +, W.Va. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Minn. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Wyo. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, La. +, Tenn. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Conn. +, N.Y. +, Vt. +, Va. +, Calif. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ariz. +, Idaho +, Md. +, Colo. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Mich. +, Pa. +, Wis. +, Utah +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Miss. +, Ky. +  and Oreg. +
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
5 +  and 11 +
sterile +  and bisexual +
compressed +
reduced +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
subulate +  and lanceolate +
unequal +
uncinate +
pubescent +, scabrous +  and smooth +
scabridulous +
lanceolate +
0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
membranous +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
1/2 +  and 2/3 +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
hairy +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
2-keeled +
erect +  and ascending +
1cm +  and 7cm +
spikelike +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 60 +
compressed +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Festuca octoflora +
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora +
Vulpia octoflora +
variety +
membranous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.72 cm7.2 mm <br />0.0072 m <br />) +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
perennial +  and annual +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +