Eremopyrum triticeum (Gaertn.) Nevski
annual wheatgrass
Poaceae (Grass family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
annual wheatgrass
Poaceae (Grass family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
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Species Information
General:
Annual grass from fibrous roots; stems abruptly bent at the base, 10-30 cm tall.
Leaves:
Sheaths open; blades flat, 1-3 mm wide; ear-shaped lobes at the leaf-bases slender, nearly 1 mm long; ligules jagged with coarse hairs, about 1 mm long.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a strongly flattened, egg-shaped to cylindrical spike, 1-1.7 cm long; spikelets 11 to 19, closely crowded, broadly spreading, 6-10 mm long; glumes broadly lanceolate, 4-6 mm long, long-pointed to short-awned; lemmas 5-6 mm long, long-pointed to short-awned, lowest ones short-hairy below and smooth above, other lemmas smooth; paleas rounded or slightly toothed at the tips.
Illustration
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Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Habitat and Range
Moist to mesic alkaline meadows in the steppe and montane zones; rare in SC and SE BC, known only from Bummers Flats and Osoyoos; introduced from Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Agropyron prostratum (L. f.) P. Beauv.
Agropyron triticeum Gaertn.