General:
Annual herb from fibrous roots; stems bent at the base, short-hairy, 10-25 cm tall.

Leaves:
Sheaths open; blades flat, 2-3 mm wide, stiff-hairy above and below; ear-shaped lobes present at the leaf-bases; ligules about 0.5 mm long, fringed.

Flowers:
Inflorescence a strongly flattened, egg-shaped to elliptical spike, 1.5-2.5 cm long; spikelets 7-15, closely crowded, broadly spreading, 10-15 mm long; glumes lanceolate, 10-15 mm long (including awns), the awns 2-5 mm long; lemmas 10-16 mm long, short stiff-hairy, lower ones short-hairy below and smooth above, other lemmas smooth, awned, the awns 4-5 mm long; palea keels prolonged into 2 toothlike appendages.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Agropyron orientale (L.) Roem. & Schult.
Secale orientale L.