Sphenopholis intermedia (Rydb.) Rydb.
slender wedgegrass (slender wedgescale)
Poaceae (Grass family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
slender wedgegrass (slender wedgescale)
Poaceae (Grass family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial, tufted, short-lived grass from fibrous roots, sometimes flowering as a winter annual; stems 30-110 cm tall.
Leaves:
Sheaths open; blades flat, 2-5 mm wide, minutely rough; ligules smooth or rarely minutely rough externally, finely jagged and irregularly toothed, 1.5-2.5 mm long.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a distinctly open, narrow panicle, (2) 7-20 cm long, the branches crowded, erect, plainly distinguishable within the inflorescence; spikelets 2-flowered, lower glumes narrowly linear, 1.6-2.5 mm long, the upper ones oblanceolate, rounded to nearly sharp-pointed, 2.2-2.5 mm long, about 2 to 3 times as wide as the lower; lemmas 2.5-3 mm long; anthers about 0.6 mm long.
Illustration
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Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Habitat and Range
Moist meadows and streambanks, shallow ponds and hot springs in the steppe and montane zones; rare in SC, SE and NE BC; N to AK, YT and NT, E to NF and S to ME, MA, PA, NC, FL, MS, LA, TX, NM, AZ and CA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Sphenopholis intermedia var. pilosa Dore
Sphenopholis obtusata var. major (Torr.) K.S. Erdman