Bromidium tandilense

(Kuntze) Rugolo
Synonyms: Agrostis tandilensis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 697.
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Illustrator: Sandy Long

Copyright: Utah State University

Plants annual, tufted. Culms 5-50 cm, slender, erect. Sheaths smooth; ligules 1.5-3 mm, membranous, rounded to acute, entire; blades 2-10 cm long, 0.5-4 mm wide, flat. Panicles 0.9-8 cm long, (0.2) 0.7-1.5 cm wide, cylindrical, generally straw-colored or brown, appearing bristly; branches to 1 cm, ascending to appressed, with 1 branch at the lowest node; pedicels 0.1-0.7 mm, scabrous. Spikelets 2.6-3.6 mm. Glumes lanceolate, subequal, keels scabrous, sides smooth, apices acute; lower glumes 2.6-3.6 mm; upper glumes (2) 2.4-3.5 mm; calluses pilose on all sides, hairs to 0.5 mm, dense; lemmas (1) 1.4-1.6 mm, pilose, 5-veined, lateral-veins prolonged into awnlike teeth, outer teeth (0.8) 1-2 mm, inner teeth 0.1-0.2 (0.5) mm, awns 4.5-6 mm, arising from the lower 1/3 of the lemmas, exceeding the glumes by 2-2.5 mm; paleas absent: anthers 0.2-0.5 mm, sometimes differing in length within a floret, often remaining on the apices of the caryopses. Caryopses 1-1.3 mm; hila oval; endosperm liquid or doughy. 2n = unknown.

Discussion

Bromidium tandilense is native to Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay. It now grows around vernal pools in Solano, Monterey, and San Diego counties, California.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Bromidium tandilense"
membranous +  and scarious +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
Zulma E. Rugolo de Agrasar +
(Kuntze) Rugolo +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
basal +  and terminal +
geniculate +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
hygroscopic +  and twisted +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
subconvolute +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
not evident +
cross +, linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
ascending;appressed +
spikelike +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not branching +
slender +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
not woody +
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
doughy +  and liquid +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
sterile +  and bisexual +
compressed +
reduced +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
lanceolate +
subequal +
membranous +
uncinate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
subspikelike +  and spikelike +
scabrous-ciliate +  and scabrous +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br />) +
membranous +
rounded +  and acute +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br /> (0.36 cm3.6 mm <br />0.0036 m <br />) +
upper +  and lower +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
hairy +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
2-keeled +
reduced +
brown +  and straw-colored +
0.9cm +  and 8cm +
cylindrical +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
not prolonged +
1 +  and 60 +
compressed +
0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br /> (0.36 cm3.6 mm <br />0.0036 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Agrostis tandilensis +
Bromidium tandilense +
Bromidium +
species +
membranous +
awnlike +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
parallel +  and converging +
scabridulous +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +