Melica harfordii

Bol.
Common names: Harford melic
Endemic
Synonyms: Melica harfordii var. viridifolia Melica harfordii var. tenuis Melica harfordii var. minor
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 93.
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Plants cespitose, not rhizomatous. Culms 35-120 cm, not forming corms; internodes smooth. Sheaths glabrous or pilose, often most pilose at the throat and collar; ligules 0.5-1.5 mm; blades 1.5-4.5 mm wide, abaxial surfaces smooth, adaxial surfaces scabridulous, glabrous or puberulent. Panicles 6-25 cm; branches 3-8 cm, appressed, with 2-6 spikelets; pedicels straight; disarticulation above the glumes. Spikelets 7-20 mm, with 2-6 bisexual florets; rachilla internodes 2-2.4 mm. Glumes obtuse to subacute; lower glumes 4-10 mm long, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, 3-5-veined; upper glumes 5-11 mm long, 1.8-2.5 mm wide, 5-7-veined; lemmas 6-16 mm, hairy, hairs to 0.75 mm on the back, 0.7-1.3 mm on the margins, 9-11-veined, veins inconspicuous, apices mucronate to rounded, usually awned, awns 0.5-3 mm, fragile; paleas about 3/4 as long as to nearly equaling the length of the lemmas; anthers 3, 2.2-4 mm; rudiments 2.5-6 mm, tapering, resembling the bisexual florets. Caryopses about 5 mm. 2n =18.

Distribution

Calif., Oreg., Wash., B.C.

Discussion

Melica harfordii grows primarily in the Pacific coast ranges from Washington to California, as well as in the Sierra Nevada and a few other inland locations, usually on dry slopes or in dry, open woods. The awns in M. harfordii often escape attention because they do not always extend beyond the lemma.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

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membranous +  and scarious +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
mucronate +  and rounded +
Mary E. Barkworth +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
basal +  and apical +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
persistent +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
hairy +  and glabrous +
folded +  and flat +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Harford melic +
not branching +
ascending +  and erect +
35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
not woody +
Calif. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +  and B.C. +
0 +  and 1/3 +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
sometimes longer +
2 +  and 6 +
compressed +
reduced +
shorter than to longer than the adjacent lemmas +
subtending +
obtuse +  and subacute +
chartaceous +  and membranous +
9-11-veined +
uncinate +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
(4)5-15-veined +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
coriaceous +  and membranous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
1.5mm +  and 2.5mm +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
well-developed +
reduced +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
scabrous +  and strigose +
dry +  and fleshy +
pilose +  and glabrous +
not viviparous +
compressed +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
collar-like +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Melica harfordii var. viridifolia +, Melica harfordii var. tenuis +  and Melica harfordii var. minor +
Melica harfordii +
species +
membranous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
1.8mm +  and 2.5mm +
inconspicuous +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +