Aristida purpurascens var. virgata
Lower sheaths shorter or longer than the internodes, glabrous. Glumes 6-7 mm, equal or the lower glumes slightly longer; central awns 13-20 mm, about twice as thick as the lateral awns, divaricate to reflexed at maturity; lateral awns 8-13 mm, erect to ascending.
Distribution
Md., N.J., Miss., Tex., La., Del., Ala., Tenn., N.C., S.C., Va., Ark., Ga., Ky., Fla., N.Y.
Discussion
Aristida purpurascens var. virgata grows in wet or moist areas such as seepage bogs, sandy pinelands, and wet prairies of the southeastern United States.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"subequal" is not a number."decumbent" is not a number.
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absent +
of hairs +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
membranous +
brown +
3-awned +
absent +
kranz +
absent +
lacking +
absent +
reduced +
curved +
arcuate +
not evident +
equal +
close +
contorted +
knotty +
hard +
thick +
not twisted +
straight +
drying +
glabrous +
spikelike +
well-developed +
hirsute +
chestnut-brown +
falling +
fusiform +
adaxial +
divaricate +
reflexed +
2 times as thick as the lateral awns +
sometimes thicker +
branching +
annual +
climbing +
floating +
erect +
not woody +
absent +
cleft +
hard +
capillary +
germination +
sometimes longer +
bisexual +
absent +
1-3-veined +
often longer +
subtending +
equal +
thin +
punctate +
Present +
not leafy +
paniculate +
nodding +
hollow +
elongated +
divergent +
straight +
obsolete +
reduced +
absent +
distichous +
cauline +
narrowed +
3-veined +
convolute +
overlapping +
glabrous +
scabridulous +
fusiform +
coriaceous +
absent +
indistinguishable +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
free +
absent +
inconspicuous +
glabrous +
membranous +
1-2-veined +
longer +
1-keeled +
shorter or longer +
glabrous +
absent +
simple +
glabrous +
scabrous +
absent +
glabrous +
2-veined +
shorter +
maturity +
concealing +
absent +
keeled +
attached +
separating +
tightly appressed;loosely ascending +
absent +
not prolonged +
evident +
open +
intact +
mostly longer +
absent +
fan--shaped +
thickened +
Endemic +
attached +
appressed +
bisexual +
compound +
free +
Aristida purpurascens var. virgata +
Aristida purpurascens +
variety +
thin-walled +
slender +
hyaline +
membranous +
absent +
rhizomatous +
perennial +
herbaceous +