Chloropyron molle subsp. molle

EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 668.

Stems puberulent, hairs soft, sometimes stiff; branches from distal to base, ascending. Spikes 5–15 cm. Flowers: corolla-tube densely tomentose. Seeds 2–3 mm. 2n = 28.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Nov.
Habitat: Coastal salt marshes.
Elevation: 0–10 m.

Discussion

Plants of subsp. molle appear to lose their leaves earlier than those of subsp. hispidum.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
rounded +  and galeate +
Kerry A. Barringer +
(A. Gray) A. Heller +
Cordylanthus mollis +
not leathery +  and not fleshy +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
spathe-like +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not elongate +
pale-yellow +, white +  and greenish white +
club--shaped +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0–10 m. +
pilose +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
indehiscent +, septicidal +, loculicidal +  and dehiscence +
Coastal salt marshes. +
axillary +  and terminal +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
narrowly lanceolate +  and lanceolate +
deciduous +
pink;purple-red +
narrowly triangular +  and triangular +
3-7-lobed +, 7-lobed +  and entire +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
campylotropous-like +
Flowering Jul–Nov. +
Muhlenbergia +
dark-brown +
20 +  and 30 +
ovoid +  and reniform +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
subequal +
aerial +  and subterranean +
spreading +  and erect +
puberulent +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
not fleshy +
expanded +
Chloropyron molle subsp. molle +
Chloropyron molle +
subspecies +