Agricultural, Revegetation or Rangeland
western wheatgrass
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
Lanceolate
Light brown
ScurfyScurf:
Having flakes on the surface.
and sparsely pubescentPubescent:
Having hairs.
; hairs on lateral sides of callusCallus:
The hard base of grass florets or spikelets, just above the point of disarticulation.
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Slender; long pointed. Lateral groove above callusCallus:
The hard base of grass florets or spikelets, just above the point of disarticulation..
Smoothly concave; longitudinal groove along center
RachillaRachilla:
The axis of a spikelet.
is V-shaped at sinus. GlumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
are long pointed and about the same length as 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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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 not shiny and smooth as in Elytrigia repens. The long groove up the center of the paleaPalea:
One of the thin bracts of grass floret enclosing the fruit (caryopsis) that is located on the side opposite the embryo.
, V-shaped sinus, and lateral hairs at callusCallus:
The hard base of grass florets or spikelets, just above the point of disarticulation. also separate this species from E. repens.
Not listed
Included
Poaceae
Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey
Agropyron molle (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Rydb.
Agropyron smithii Rydb.
Agropyron smithii Rydb. var. molle (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) M.E. Jones
Agropyron smithii Rydb. var. palmeri (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) A. Heller
Elymus smithii (Rydb.) Gould
Elytrigia smithii (Rydb.) Nevski
Elytrigia smithii (Rydb.) Nevski var. mollis (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Beetle
