Aristida californica var. glabrata
Synonyms: Aristida glabrata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 321.
Cauline internodes glabrous. Lower glumes 4-8 mm; upper glumes 7-15 mm; awns forming a 4-16 mm column, free portions 12-40 mm.
Discussion
Aristida californica var. glabrata grows in sandy to rocky soils of desert grassland and desert thorn-scrub communities in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts at elevations of 500-1400 m, generally to the east of var. californica.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"decumbent" is not a number.
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absent +
of hairs +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
membranous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
3-awned +
absent +
kranz +
absent +
lacking +
twisted +
absent +
reduced +
straight +
close +
contorted +
hard +
thick +
twisted +
straight +
pale green +
involute +
spikelike +
well-developed +
hirsute +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
falling +
fusiform +
adaxial +
4mm;16mm +
branched +
annual +
climbing +
floating +
erect +
not woody +
Ariz. +
absent +
cleft +
hard +
capillary +
germination +
sometimes longer +
bisexual +
absent +
1-2-veined +
often longer +
subtending +
unequal +
thin +
straight +
punctate +
Present +
not leafy +
hollow +
elongated +
evident +
obsolete +
reduced +
absent +
distichous +
cauline +
narrowed +
3-veined +
convolute +
overlapping +
glabrous +
scabridulous +
fusiform +
coriaceous +
absent +
indistinguishable +
free +
absent +
inconspicuous +
glabrous +
membranous +
absent +
simple +
absent +
glabrous +
2-veined +
shorter +
maturity +
concealing +
absent +
keeled +
attached +
separating +
disarticulating +
divergent +
straight;curved;arcuate basally +
free +
appressed +
ascending;usually appressed;ascending +
absent +
not prolonged +
evident +
open +
closed +
shorter +
absent +
attached +
appressed +
bisexual +
compound +
free +
Aristida californica var. glabrata +
Aristida californica +
variety +
thin-walled +
slender +
hyaline +
membranous +
absent +
rhizomatous +
perennial +
herbaceous +
flowering +
first-year +