Poa stenantha var. vivipara

Trin.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 594.
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Illustrator: Sandy Long

Copyright: Utah State University

Spikelets bulbiferous; florets bulb-forming. Glumes usually glaucous, not lustrous; anthers usually aborted late in development or not developed.

Discussion

Poa stenantha var. vivipara is the common form of the species in the Aleutian Islands; it extends eastward to Sitka, Alaska. It differs from bulbiferous forms of P. arctica (p. 529) in its lack of rhizomes, more open sheaths, and usually glaucous and scabrous panicle branches.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

No values specified."decumbent" is not a number.

86 +, 84 +, [81 +  and 42 +
membranous +  and scarious +
puberulent +, hispidulous +, hairy +  and glabrous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
not developed +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
scarious-hyaline +
acute +  and prow--shaped +
Robert J. Soreng +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
basal +  and terminal +
keeled +  and rounded +
strigose +  and glabrous +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
persisting +
not evident +
involute +, folded +  and flat +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
ascending;spreading +
hispidulous +, glabrous +, smooth or +  and sparsely densely scabrous +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
compressed +  and terete +
folded +  and flat +
unbranched +  and hollow +
ascending +  and erect +
compressed +, terete +  and capillary +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
not woody +
Colo. +, Wash. +, Utah +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Oreg. +, Mont. +, Idaho +  and Alaska +
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
3 +  and 4 +
compressed +
reduced +
bulb-forming +  and normal +
1-3(5)-veined +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
not lustrous +
obtuse +  and acute +
subequal +
distributed +
uncinate +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0 +  and 1/6 +
Oval (?) +  and Round (?) +
milky white +  and slightly greenish +
puberulent +, glabrous +  and hispidulous +
indistinct +
5(7-11)-veined +
hairy +  and glabrous +
keeled +, compressed +  and lanceolate +
subequal +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
membranous +
erose +  and entire +
milky white +
ciliolate +  and smooth +
acute +  and acuminate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lobed +  and lanceolate +
milky white +  and slightly greenish +
concealed +  and prominent +
0 +  and 5 +
2 +  and 1 +
well-developed +
2-keeled +
subequal +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (?) +
pyramidal +, narrowly lanceoloid +  and ovoid +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
pubescent +, glabrous +, scabrous +  and smooth +
3 +  and 10 +
compressed +, lanceolate +  and narrowly ovate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Poa macroclada +
Poa stenantha var. vivipara +
Poa stenantha +
variety +
membranous +
0.41 cm4.1 mm <br />0.0041 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
parallel +  and converging +
branching +, not rhizomatous +  and not stoloniferous +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
not +  and glaucous +