Festuca saximontana var. saximontana

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 432.
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Illustrator: Cindy Roché

Copyright: Utah State University

Culms 25-50 (60) cm, usually 3-5 times the height of the vegetative shoot leaves, usually glabrous below the inflorescences, sometimes sparsely scabrous or pubescent; blades usually scabrous on the abaxial surfaces, scabrules to 0.1 mm; abaxial sclerenchyma in 3-5 strands, sometimes partly confluent or forming a continuous band. Lemmas smooth or scabrous distally.

Distribution

Wis., Alta., B.C., Greenland, Man., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, N.Mex., Wash., N.Y., Utah, Calif., Mich., Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Nev., Oreg., Vt., Mont., Alaska, Iowa, Kans., Minn., N.Dak., Nebr., S.Dak., Wyo.

Discussion

Festuca saximontana var. saximontana grows throughout the range of the species.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"wider than long" is not a number."-5timestheheightof" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."decumbent" is not a number."longest" is not a number.

puberulent +  and glabrous +
membranous +  and scarious +
puberulent +  and scabrous +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
awned +  and entire +
hispidulous +
bidentate +
Stephen J. Darbyshire +  and Leon E. Pavlickf +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (?) +
straight +
basal +  and terminal +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
keeled +  and rounded +
swelling +
not deciduous +  and deciduous +
not evident +
flat +, convolute +  and setaceous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br />) +
spreading;erect +
spikelike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not branching +
ascending +  and erect +
pubescent +, scabrous +  and glabrous +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
not woody +
Wis. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Man. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, N.Mex. +, Wash. +, N.Y. +, Utah +, Calif. +, Mich. +, Ariz. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Vt. +, Mont. +, Alaska +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Minn. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, S.Dak. +  and Wyo. +
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
3 +  and 5 +
compressed +
reduced +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
ovatelanceolate +  and lanceolate +
unequal +  and subequal +
persisting +
uncinate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
1-7(9)-veined +
awned +  and entire +
bidentate +
0.34 cm3.4 mm <br />0.0034 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
coriaceous +, chartaceous +  and membranous +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
with hispidulous apices +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
2-keeled +
spikelike +
dry +  and fleshy +
glabrous +, pubescent +  and scabrous +
1 +  and 5 +
persistent +
1 +  and 60 +
compressed +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.88 cm8.8 mm <br />0.0088 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Festuca ovina var. saximontana +  and Festuca ovina var. rydbergii +
Festuca saximontana var. saximontana +
Festuca saximontana +
variety +
membranous +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.48 cm4.8 mm <br />0.0048 m <br />) +
parallel +  and converging +
obscure +  and prominent +
5 (?) +  and 7 (?) +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +