Aristida californica var. californica

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 321.
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Cauline internodes puberulent to nearly lanose. Lower glumes 6-10 mm; upper glumes 11-13 mm; awns forming a 7-26 mm column, free portions 25-50 mm.

Discussion

Aristida californica var. californica grows in dry, sandy plains, dunes, and flats of the Sonoran and Mojave deserts at elevations of 0-700 m.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
Kelly W. Allred +
Thurb. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
ascending +  and spreading +
keeled +  and rounded +
coiled +, disarticulating +  and twisted +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
straight +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
usually linear +  and lanceolate occasionally ovate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
spikelike +
well-developed +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
non-radiate +  and radiate +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
not woody +
Calif. +  and Ariz. +
large +  and small +
capillary +
germination +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
compressed +  and terete +
subtending +
acute +  and acuminate +
unequal +
straight +
racemose +  and paniculate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +  and 10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
lanose +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
mottled +  and purple +
scabridulous +
fusiform +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
coriaceous +
indistinguishable +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
inconspicuous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
concealing +
0 +  and 1/2 +
dry +  and fleshy +
disarticulating +
straight;curved;arcuate basally +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
divaricate +  and divergent +
ascending;usually appressed;ascending +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
not prolonged +
with straight hairs +  and glabrous +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
1 (?) +  and Anatomy (?) +
1 +  and 3 +
triangular +  and dome--shaped +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Gramineae +
Aristida californica var. californica +
Aristida californica +
variety +
membranous +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +