Thurber's Needlegrass - Stipa thurberiana
Other Names:
Achnatherum thurberianum
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G5
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SU
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Stems 40–70 cm. Leaves: blades 1–2 mm wide, essentially hairless at the throat; ligule 3–6 mm long. Inflorescence a contracted panicle 5–16 cm long. Spikelets 10–15 mm long. Lemmas with appressed hairs, awn 3–5 cm with plumose hairs on the lower portion
(Lavin in Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Specimen coll. 7/28/43, presumably in flower.