Revegetation or Rangeland
green needlegrass
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
EllipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.
Brown with light brown longitudinal lines
Rough and scabrousScabrous:
Rough to the touch, covered with minute points of very short, stiff hairs.
with much hair on callusCallus:
The hard base of grass florets or spikelets, just above the point of disarticulation.
. Moderate hair on lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
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Hard with crown on apicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
end; round in cross-section.
Mostly hidden by the lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
Long geniculateGeniculate:
Bent at a sharp angle.
awn arises from lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla. crown; blunt callusCallus:
The hard base of grass florets or spikelets, just above the point of disarticulation..
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil. is plump and round in transverseTransverse:
Set crosswise, crossing or at right angles.
section. ApicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar. end of the floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil. has a crown with vertical hairs, which surrounds the base of the geniculateGeniculate:
Bent at a sharp angle.
awn. AwnAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
often disarticulates at the crown. GlumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
are papery.
State Noxious Weed: Arizona
Included
Poaceae
Nassella viridula (Trin.) Barkworth
Stipa viridula Trin.
