Elymus glaberrimus (Keng & S.L.Chen) S.L.Chen

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Elymus

Characteristics

Plants without rhizome, when culms tufted, or with short rhizome. Culms erect, glaucous, ca. 80 cm tall. Leaf sheath smooth and glabrous, or puberulent at base; leaf blade glaucous, flat, or involute when dry, 8–15 × (0.1–)0.3–0.4 cm, stiff, abaxial surface smooth, glabrous, adaxial surface scabrous. Spike erect, 5–12 cm, with 6–11 spikelets. Spikelets 1 per node, greenish, stramineous when old; rachilla smooth and glabrous, or puberulent. Glumes lucid, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, margin membranous, apex acute with a tooth on one side; proximal glume 4–6 mm, 3-veined; distal glume 5.5–7.5 mm, 3–5-veined. Lemma oblong-lanceolate, smooth and glabrous throughout; first lemma ca. 9 mm; awn recurved, 3–20 mm, scabrous. Palea equaling lemma, smooth and glabrous abaxially distally or scabrous proximally, ciliolate along keels, apex emarginate or truncate. Fl. and fr. Aug–Sep. 2n = 28*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.8
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Elymus glaberrimus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:945701-1
WFO ID wfo-0000866292
COL ID 6F6LJ
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Elymus glaberrimus Roegneria breviarista Roegneria glaberrima Elymus glaberrimus var. breviaristus Roegneria glaberrima var. breviarista Elymus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus