Bromus pumpellianus subsp. pumpellianus

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 207.
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Illustrator: Cindy Roché

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Plants rhizomatous. Culms 50-120 cm, erect; nodes 2-3 (4), usually pubescent, sometimes glabrous; internodes glabrous or pubescent. Sheaths pilose, villous, or glabrous; auricles present on the lower leaves or absent; ligules to 3 mm; blades 9-17 (25) cm long, (3) 4-8 (9) mm wide, abaxial surfaces glabrous or pilose, adaxial surfaces usually pilose, rarely glabrous. Panicles 10-20 cm, open or contracted, erect or nodding; branches erect to spreading. Spikelets 20-30 mm. Glumes glabrous, pubescent, or hirsute; lower glumes (4) 5-9 mm, 1-veined; upper glumes (5) 8-11 mm, 3-veined; lemmas 9-14 mm, pubescent on the lower portion of the back and along the margins; awns usually present, to 6 mm, sometimes absent; anthers 3.5-7 mm. 2n = 56.

Discussion

Bromus pumpellianus subsp. pumpellianus grows on sandy and gravelly stream banks and lake shores, sand dunes, meadows, dry grassy slopes, and road verges.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

pilose +  and glabrous +
membranous +  and scarious +
glabrous +  and pilose +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
emarginate +  and entire +
subulate +  and acute +
Leon E. Pavlickf +
Scribn. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
distinct +
subterminal +  and terminal +
geniculate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
not evident +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
cross +, linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
erect;spreading +
spikelike +
not branching +
geniculate +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
not woody +
Conn. +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Calif. +, Del. +, N.C. +, Va. +, W.Va. +, Vt. +, D.C +, Wis. +, Colo. +, Kans. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +, Wyo. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, N.Mex. +, Utah +, Maine +, R.I. +, Fla. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Ariz. +, Ga. +, Iowa +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Miss. +, N.Dak. +, Nev. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Alaska +, S.C. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +  and Yukon +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
4 +  and 14 +
terete +  and laterally compressed +
1-9(11)-veined +
always shorter +  and usually shorter +
lanceolate +
subtending +
hirsute +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
mucronate +  and acute +
unequal +
uncinate +
solid +  and hollow +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
rounded +  and lanceolate +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and coriaceous +
obtuse +  and truncate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
fleshy +  and membranous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
2 +  and 3 +
2 +  and 1 +
hairy +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
reduced +
nodding +  and erect +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
glabrous +, villous +  and pilose +
1 +  and 60 +
not viviparous +
elliptic +  and lanceolate terete +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Bromus pumpellianus var. arcticus +, Bromus inermis subsp. pumpellianus +, Bromus inermis var. purpurascens +, Bromopsis pumpelliana var. arctica +, Bromopsis pumpelliana +  and Bromopsis inermis subsp. pumpellianus +
Bromus pumpellianus subsp. pumpellianus +
Bromus pumpellianus +
subspecies +
membranous +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +