Revegetation or Rangeland
Rothrock's grama
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
, caryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
EllipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.
Light brown
The dorsalDorsal:
Upper side or back of a seed or fruit.
half is smooth and transparent. The basalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
half is pubescentPubescent:
Having hairs.
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Lateral and central veins extend into three awns
Tissue-like and marginal veins with small awnsAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
Sterile floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil. attached to the basal rachillaRachilla:
The axis of a spikelet.
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The sterile 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 remnants of a lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
and paleaPalea:
One of the thin bracts of grass floret enclosing the fruit (caryopsis) that is located on the side opposite the embryo.
and well-developed awnsAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae)..
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Not included
Poaceaea
Bouteloua rothrockii Vasey
Bouteloua barbata Lag. var. rothrockii (Vasey) Gould
