Bromus catharticus var. elatus

(E. Desv.) Planchuelo
Synonyms: Bromus stamineus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 201.
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Illustrator: Cindy Roché

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Plants perennial; loosely cespitose. Culms 50-110 cm, erect. Sheaths usually densely retrorsely pilose, sometimes densely villous generally or only on the throat: ligules 1-3.5 mm, glabrous, obtuse, lacerate to erose; blades 10-30 cm long, 3-5 mm wide, glabrous or hairy. Panicles 10-28 cm, lax, usually open; lower branches 2-3 per node, stiffly spreading to ascending, with 2-5 spikelets. Spikelets 20-40 mm, with 4-6 (8) florets. Lower glumes 5-7 (9) -veined; upper glumes 10-17 mm, 7-9-veined; lemmas 11-16 mm, scabrous, glabrous or pubescent, 9-11-veined; awns (5) 6-10 mm; anthers 0.6-1 mm in cleistogamous florets, 3-5 mm in chasmogamous florets. 2n = 42.

Discussion

Bromus catharticus var. elatus, a native of South America, now grows in disturbed soils in central California. It has also been reported from ballast dumps in Oregon. Although originally published as var. elata, the correct name is var. elatus.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

membranous +  and scarious +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
with acute teeth +  and entire +
toothed +  and entire +
Leon E. Pavlickf +
(E. Desv.) Planchuelo +
divaricate +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
straight +
distinct +
subterminal +  and terminal +
geniculate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
not evident +
hairy +  and glabrous +
cross +, linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
drooping;reflexed;usually ascending;spreading +
spikelike +
not branching +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (110 cm1,100 mm <br />1.1 m <br />) +
not woody +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
D.C. +, Kans. +, N.Dak. +, Okla. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Fla. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, La. +, Nebr. +, Tenn. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Pa. +, N.Y. +, Nev. +, Va. +, Alta. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, Ont. +, Colo. +, Calif. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Ill. +, Ga. +, Iowa +, Ariz. +, Md. +, Ohio +, Utah +, Mo. +, Miss. +, Ky. +, Oreg. +  and S.Dak. +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
4 +  and 6 +
chasmogamous +  and cleistogamous +
terete +  and laterally compressed +
1-9(11)-veined +
always shorter +  and usually shorter +
lanceolate +
subtending +
pubescent +, glabrous +, scabrous +  and smooth +
mucronate +  and acute +
unequal +
uncinate +
solid +  and hollow +
pubescent +, glabrous +  and scabrous +
keeled +, compressed +  and lanceolate +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and coriaceous +
lacerate +  and obtuse +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
fleshy +  and membranous +
stiffly spreading +  and ascending +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
purplish +, whitish +  and hyaline +
conspicuous +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
hairy +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
reduced +
nodding +  and erect +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (28 cm280 mm <br />0.28 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
villous +  and pilose +
Introduced +
overlapping +, not crowded +  and distributed +
not viviparous +
compressed +, elliptic +  and lanceolate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Bromus stamineus +
Bromus catharticus var. elatus +
Bromus catharticus +
variety +
membranous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +