Status: Exotic
Synonyms:
Festuca elatior Linnaeus
Lolium arundinaceum (Schreber) S.J. Darbyshire
Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreber) Dumort
Schedonorus phoenix (Scopoli) Holub
Festuca arundinacea is a tall grass with leaf blades wider than 3mm and
spikelets that have 4 to 9 flowers and are 10-17mm long. There are auricles with minute
cilia seen only under magnification.
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Festuca arundinacea, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, Oct. 24, 2007
Festuca arundinacea, detail of spikelet, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, Oct. 23, 2007
Festuca arundinacea, detail of 5-nerved short awn-tipped pliable lemma, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, Oct. 23, 2007
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