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Rivergrass (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae

Characteristics

Perennial, rhizomatous. Leaf blades linear, flat. Inflorescence an open panicle. Spikelets laterally compressed, lanceolate-oblong, florets several, contiguous; rachilla scaberulous, disarticulating above glumes and between florets; glumes slightly unequal, upper nearly as long as spikelet, firmly membranous, keel scaberulous, apex abruptly acuminate, lower glume 1–3-veined, upper glume 3–5-veined; lemmas broadly lanceolate, thinly leathery, rounded on back, 5–7-veined, veins smooth, not raised, scabrid above middle, apex scarious, usually 3-denticulate, sometimes mucronate; floret callus subacute, bearded laterally with stiff hairs; palea subequal to lemma, narrow, flat, apex sharply 2-denticulate. Ovary densely hairy at apex; hilum linear.
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Spikelets large, 3–4-fld, disarticulating above the glumes and between the lemmas; glumes unequal, thin, the first 3-veined, the second 5-veined, about equaling the lemma above it; lemmas lanceolate, acute, 7-veined, very thin at the tip, densely villous on 2 sides at the callus; palea thin, 2-toothed, finely ciliate, equaling the lemma; tall grasses, perennial from a long thick rhizome, with flat elongate blades and widely spreading panicle. 2, the other in Siberia.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Scolochloa world distribution map, present in Belarus, Chile, China, Germany, Finland, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Poland, Russian Federation, Sweden, Turks and Caicos Islands, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331285-2
WFO ID wfo-4000034783
COL ID 8W3GW
BDTFX ID 100390
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Scolochloa

Lower taxons

Scolochloa festucacea