Leymus angustus (Trin.) Pilg.

Altai wildrye (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Leymus

Characteristics

Culms solitary or tufted, 60–100 cm tall, 3-or 4-noded, glabrous, or pubescent below nodes and spike. Leaf sheath grayish green, usually shorter than internodes, smooth or slightly scabrous; ligule 0.5–1 mm, membranous, apex obtuse; leaf blade glaucous, rolled, 15–25 × 0.5–0.7 cm, stiff, abaxial surface subsmooth, adaxial surface smooth, apex acute. Spike erect, 15–20 × 0.7–1 cm; rachis pubescent. Spikelets 2(or 3) per node, 1–1.4 cm, with 2 or 3 florets; rachilla puberulent. Glumes covering base of first lemma, subequal or proximal glume slightly shorter, 10–13 mm, linear-lanceolate, 1-veined. Lemma lanceolate, obscurely 5–7-veined, densely puberulent, apex mucronate or acuminate; first lemma 10–14 mm including awn; callus pubescent. Palea slightly shorter than lemma, ciliate along keels. Anthers 2.5–3 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun–Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.75 - 0.95
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-8
Soil humidity 2-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 4-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses animal food gene source
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leymus angustus unspecified picture

Distribution

Leymus angustus world distribution map, present in Canada, Chile, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:407308-1
WFO ID wfo-0000878153
COL ID 726RC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Aneurolepidium angustum Elymus angustus Leymus angustus Elymus angustatus Triticum angustum Leymus angustus subsp. macrantherus Leymus angustus var. brevistachyus Leymus angustus var. macrantherus