Festuca saximontana var. robertsiana

Pavlick
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 430.
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Culms 16-37 cm, usually 2-3 times the height of the vegetative shoot leaves, usually sparsely scabrous or pubescent below the inflorescence. Outer vegetative shoot sheaths brownish on the lower 1/2; blades smooth or scabrous on the abaxial surfaces, ribs on the adaxial surfaces with hairs to 0.1 mm; abaxial sclerenchyma in 5-7 narrow strands. Lemmas often scabrous on the distal 1/2.

Discussion

Festuca saximontana var. robertsiana grows in subalpine or lower alpine habitats. It has only been reported from British Columbia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"wider than long" is not a number."-3timestheheightof" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."decumbent" is not a number."longest" is not a number.

puberulent +  and glabrous +
membranous +  and scarious +
puberulent +  and scabrous +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
awned +  and entire +
hispidulous +
bidentate +
Stephen J. Darbyshire +  and Leon E. Pavlickf +
Pavlick +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (?) +
straight +
basal +  and terminal +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
keeled +  and rounded +
swelling +
not deciduous +  and deciduous +
not evident +
flat +, convolute +  and setaceous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
spreading;erect +
spikelike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not branching +
ascending +  and erect +
pubescent +  and scabrous +
16 cm160 mm <br />0.16 m <br /> (37 cm370 mm <br />0.37 m <br />) +
not woody +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Man. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Alaska +, Wyo. +, Ariz. +, Idaho +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Vt. +, Utah +, Minn. +, Mich. +, Mont. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +  and S.Dak. +
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
3 +  and 5 +
compressed +
reduced +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
ovatelanceolate +  and lanceolate +
unequal +  and subequal +
persisting +
uncinate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
1-7(9)-veined +
awned +  and entire +
bidentate +
0.34 cm3.4 mm <br />0.0034 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
coriaceous +, chartaceous +  and membranous +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
with hispidulous apices +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
2-keeled +
spikelike +
dry +  and fleshy +
glabrous +, pubescent +  and scabrous +
1 +  and 5 +
persistent +
1 +  and 60 +
compressed +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.88 cm8.8 mm <br />0.0088 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Festuca ovina var. saximontana +  and Festuca ovina var. rydbergii +
Festuca saximontana var. robertsiana +
Festuca saximontana +
variety +
membranous +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.48 cm4.8 mm <br />0.0048 m <br />) +
parallel +  and converging +
obscure +  and prominent +
5 (?) +  and 7 (?) +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +