General:
Perennial, loosely tufted grass from rhizomes, the tufts scattered, the rhizomes less than 2 cm long; stems 25-70 cm tall.

Leaves:
Sheaths smooth; blades 4-18 cm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, flat; ligules 0.5-2 mm long, slightly rough on the outside.

Flowers:
Inflorescence lanceolate, open, loose, often drooping, 5-15 cm long, the lower branches more or less spreading, 3-6 cm long; spikelets sparse; glumes 2.7-4.3 mm long; lemmas 2.5-3.5 mm long, awnless, the callus hairs absent or sparse to 0.1 mm long; rachillas present behind the paleas as minute bristles in some spikelets, 0.5-1.9 mm long with terminal tufts of hairs less than 1/4 of the length; paleas present, 2-3 mm long; anthers 0.8-1.5 mm long.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Agrostis aequivalvis (Trin.) Trin.