Status: Native
Synonyms:
Festuca macrostachya Torrey & Gray
Scleropogon longisetus Beetle
Scleropogon brevifolius is a lower elevation grass with long stolons rooting at the nodes. The short leaves are folded and form small dry tufts. The pistillate flowers have long awns. There are separate male and female spikelets on separate plants. Spikelets have more than one floret.
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Scleropogon brevifolius, photo Russ Kleinman, Ridge Road at the Grant County/Silver City airport, September 9, 2009
Scleropogon brevifolius, female inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Ridge Road at the Grant County/Silver City airport, September 9, 2009
Scleropogon brevifolius, stolons, photo Russ Kleinman, Ridge Road at the Grant County/Silver City airport, September 9, 2009
Scleropogon brevifolius, pistillate inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Ridge Road at the Grant County/Silver City airport, September 9, 2009
Scleropogon brevifolius, stolons, photo Russ Kleinman, Ridge Road at the Grant County/Silver City airport, September 9, 2009
Scleropogon brevifolius, carpellate spikelet, photo Russ Kleinman, Ridge Road at the Grant County/Silver City airport, September 9, 2009
Scleropogon brevifolius, staminate inflorescence (center, with carpellate inflorescence on right), photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Ridge Road at the Grant County/Silver City airport, September 27, 2015
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