Scribner's Wildrye - Elymus scribneri
Other Names:
Agropyron scribneri
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4?
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Bunchgrass. Stems prostrate to strongly decumbent, 20–40 cm. Leaves: blades 2–4 mm wide, flat to commonly inrolled, sheaths and collar usually hairless. Inflorescence 3.5–8 cm long, rachis slender and disarticulating at maturity, the internodes much <10 mm long. Spikelets 11–15 mm long, appressed to the main rachis, florets 3 to 6 per spikelet, glumes shorter than florets, tapering to an awn 12–18 mm long. Lemmas tapering to an awn 15–25 mm long, the awns strongly divergent at maturity (Lavin in
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).