Brachypodium phoenicoides

(L.) Roem. & Schult.
Common names: Thinleaf falsebrome
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 190.

Plants perennial; rhizomatous, rhizomes branched. Culms (30) 40-90 (110) cm, erect, with 3-5 nodes; nodes pubescent. Sheaths antrorsely scabrous, usually glabrous, sometimes pilose; ligules (0.4) 0.7-1.5 (1.8) mm, ciliate; blades 10-40 cm long, 3-5 mm wide, flat and more or less lax or convolute and somewhat rigid, particularly when dry, surfaces scabrous, usually glabrous, sometimes pilose, adaxial surfaces sparsely hairy, scabrous, with all veins more or less equally prominent. Racemes 10-20 (30) cm, with 5-9 (15) scarcely overlapping spikelets; pedicels (0.7) 1-2 (3.2) mm. Spikelets (20) 30-60 (80) mm, often slightly falcate, terete or subterete, with (7) 9-18 (31) florets. Lower glumes 4-7 mm, (4) 5 (7) -veined; upper glumes 5-8 mm, 7-8 (9) -veined, mucronate or shortly awned; lemmas (7.5) 8-10.3 (11) mm, apices abruptly narrowed, mucronate or awned, awns 1-2.5 mm; paleas 6.5-10.5 mm, keeled, keels ciliate or hairy; anthers 4-6 mm. Caryopses 5-7 mm. 2n = 28.

Discussion

Brachypodium phoenicoides is native to dry, usually open, and often sandy habitats of the northern Mediterranean region. In the Flora region, it is currently known only from Sonoma County, California, where it is established on coastal sand dunes.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number."overlapping" is not a number.

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membranous +  and scarious +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
(5)7-9-veined +
pubescent +  and puberulent +
awned +, mucronate +  and narrowed +
Michael B. Piep +
(L.) Roem. & Schult. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
basal +  and apical +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
acute +, obtuse +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
convolute +  and lax +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
not evident +
attenuate +, convolute +  and flat +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
spikelike +
Thinleaf falsebrome +
branched +  and rooting +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br />) +
not woody +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
9 +  and 18 +
subterete +  and slightly laterally compressed +
subtending +
lanceolate +
unequal +
membranous +
uncinate +
hairy +  and ciliate +
(5)7-9-veined +
rounded +  and lanceolate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.03 cm10.3 mm <br />0.0103 m <br />) +
coriaceous +  and membranous +
ciliate +, toothed +  and entire +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
attenuate +  and oblong +
fleshy +  and membranous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
3 +  and 5 +
2 +  and 1 +
hairy +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
shorter than to slightly longer than the lemmas +
reduced +
0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> (1.05 cm10.5 mm <br />0.0105 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (?) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
spikelike +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
pilose +  and glabrous +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
subterete +, terete +  and falcate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
pilose +  and glabrous +
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membranous +
awned +  and mucronate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
9 +, 7 +  and 5 +