Elymus sinoflexuosus S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Elymus

Characteristics

Plants with short rhizomes. Culms erect, 30–50 cm tall, 1.5–2.5 mm in diam., 3-or 4-noded, glabrous. Leaf sheath glabrous; ligule ca. 1 mm, membranous, apex truncate; leaf blade involute, 4–14 × 0.2–0.3 cm, adaxial surface scabrous or pubescent. Spike slightly nodding, lax, 10–16 cm; rachis flexuose, margin spinose; internodes 12–16 mm. Spikelets 1 per node, 15–20 mm excluding awns, with 6 or 7 florets; rachilla usually puberulent. Glumes oblong-lanceolate, proximal one 5–6 mm, distal one 7–8 mm, 5–7-veined, glabrous, apex acute or pungent. Lemma lanceolate, abaxially laxly spinulose; first lemma 9–10 mm; awn curved, 20–25 mm, scabrous. Palea slightly shorter than or equaling lemma, spinose along keels, glabrous between keels, apex truncate. Anthers yellow, 1.5–2 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul–Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.5
Root system rhizome
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Elymus sinoflexuosus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20008850-1
WFO ID wfo-0000866718
COL ID 6F6BD
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Synonyms

Elymus sinoflexuosus Roegneria flexuosa