Elymus curtiaristatus (L.B.Cai) S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Elymus

Characteristics

Culms erect, 40–65 cm tall, 1–2 mm in diam., usually 3-noded, scabrous. Leaf sheath usually glabrous but retrorsely villous on basal leaves; ligule very short, apex truncate; leaf blade involute, 4–10 × 0.2–0.3 cm, both surfaces glabrous or adaxial surface sparsely villous. Spike erect or slightly curved, 9–12 cm; rachis glabrous, but margin spinose; internodes 7–12 mm. Spikelets purplish, narrow, 13–19 mm excluding awns, with 5–7 florets; rachilla puberulent. Glumes lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, subequal, 5–6 mm, 3–5-veined, scabrous along veins, margin narrowly membranous. Lemma lanceolate, abaxially glabrous but scabrous distally and at margin; first lemma 9–10 mm; callus pubescent; awn straight, 5–10 mm. Palea slightly longer than lemma, ciliate along keels distally, scabrous between keels, apex truncate or obtuse. Anthers black, 2.3–3.2 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Elymus curtiaristatus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20008840-1
WFO ID wfo-0000866159
COL ID 39DS2
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Synonyms

Elymus curtiaristatus Roegneria curtiaristata