Mountain Hairgrass - Vahlodea atropurpurea
Other Names:
Deschampsia atropurpurea
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4
C-value:
7
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Cool season, perennial bunchgrass Stems few-bunched, 20–60 cm. Leaves: blades 4–6 mm wide, flat and ascending; sheaths with overlapping margins; ligule membranous. Inflorescence a contracted to open panicle, drooping to erect, 4–8 cm long. Spikelets ovoid, 2-flowered, 5.5–6 mm long; glumes enveloping the florets, distal portion purplish. Lemmas 2 per spikelet, awned from near the middle; rachilla hairs long; palea enclosed in floret. Disarticulation above the glumes; unit of dispersal the floret (Lavin in
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).