familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Panicoideae
genusDichanthelium
speciesDichanthelium acuminatum
subspeciesDichanthelium acuminatum subsp. sericeum
Dichanthelium acuminatum subsp. sericeum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 426.
Plants more or less densely cespitose. Culms usually less than 30 cm, stiffly ascending to spreading, densely pubescent. Midculm sheaths nearly as long as the internodes; midculm blades usually 2-6.5 cm, usually less than 8 times as long as wide. Primary panicles usually well-exserted. Spikelets mostly 1.6-1.8 mm.
Discussion
Dichanthelium acuminatum subsp. sericeum grows in warm or hot ground around geysers and hot springs in the Rocky Mountains from Banff, Alberta south to Yellowstone National Park and east to Bighorn County, Wyoming.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"usually distinctly longer and narrower" is not a number."decumbent" is not a number.
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common +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
membranous +
branching +
absent +
absent +
arising +
single +
winter +
well-differentiated +
cormlike +
hard +
thick +
distinct +
adaxial +
pubescent +
firm +
rebranching +
absent +
sterile +
spikelike +
absent +
sterile +
not developed +
absent +
longer +
papillose-based +
sometimes longer +
wiry +
annual +
weak +
stout +
climbing +
floating +
herbaceous +
pubescent +
rigid +
narrow +
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waisted +
large +
hard +
capillary +
germination +
adjacent +
sometimes longer +
well-developed +
absent +
reduced +
bisexual +
absent +
gaping +
shorter +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
unequal +
membranous +
equal +
absent +
lacking +
uncinate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
punctate +
Present +
axillary +
branched +
elongated +
absent +
distichous +
hyaline +
coriaceous +
true +
absent +
membranous +
free +
absent +
inconspicuous +
glabrous +
cuneate +
fleshy +
staminate +
sterile +
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1-5-veined +
absent +
thin +
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whitish-scabridulous +
involute +
absent +
swollen +
absent +
glabrous +
keeled +
subterranean +
absent +
separating +
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dense +
developing +
well-exserted +
chasmogamous +
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evident +
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closed +
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complex +
bisexual +
unisexual +
sessile +
length +
attached +
absent +
pubescent +
varying +
simple +
convex +
Dichanthelium acuminatum subsp. sericeum +
Dichanthelium acuminatum +
subspecies +
hyaline +
membranous +
sessile +
bisexual +
plump +
equaling +
veined +
not saccate +
absent +
subequal +
glabrous +
shiny +
chartaceous-indurate +
subequal +
branching +
fascicles +
dense +
reduced +
branching +
fascicles +
branching +
fascicles +
absent +
rhizomatous +
perennial +
herbaceous +
various +