Blepharoneuron tricholepis

(Torr.) Nash
Common names: Hairy dropseed
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 48.

Plants perennial; densely cespitose. Culms 10-70 cm, erect, glabrous and smooth or scabrous just below the nodes. Ligules (0.3) 0.7-2 (2.7) mm, hyaline to membranous, entire; blades 1-15 cm long, 0.6-2.5 mm wide, scabrous. Panicles 3-25 cm long, 1-10 cm wide; branches ascending; pedicels 2-9 mm, straight or flexuous. Glumes (1.5) 1.8-2.6 (3) mm, often appearing 3-veined because of the characteristic infolding of the margins; lemmas (2) 2.3-3.5 (3.9) mm; anthers 1.2-2.1 mm, brownish. Caryopses 1.2-1.4 mm. 2n = 16.

Distribution

Utah, Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Tex.

Discussion

Blepharoneuron tricholepis grows in dry, rocky to sandy slopes, dry meadows, and open woods in pine-oak-madrone forests from Utah and Colorado to the state of Puebla, Mexico, at elevations of 700-3660 m. It flowers from mid-June through November.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br />) +
mucronate +, acute +  and obtuse +
Paul M. Peterson +  and Carol R. Annable +
(Torr.) Nash +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
multiple +, , +  and single +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
not fused +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
membranous +
not pseudopetiolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
flat +  and involute +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
spikelike +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
triangular +  and dome--shaped +
sometimes longer +
membranous +
Hairy dropseed +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
not woody +
Utah +, Ariz. +, Colo. +, N.Mex. +  and Tex. +
not waisted +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
bisexual +  and fertile +
round +  and compressed +
reduced +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
ovate +  and obtuse +
subequal +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
uncinate +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
paniculate +  and racemose +
hollow +  and solid +
not absent +
5-veined +, 7-13-veined +  and 1-3-veined +
slightly longer and firmer +
0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
sometimes longer +
decurrent +, truncate +  and obtuse +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
3cm +  and 25cm +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
flexuous +  and straight +
capillary +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
spikelike +
usually longer +
grayish-green +
1 +  and 60 +
compressed +
1 +  and 3 +
compound +  and simple +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Gramineae +
Blepharoneuron tricholepis +
Blepharoneuron +
species +
membranous +
7 (?) +  and 13 (?) +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +