Eastern Mojave Vegetation Coll. No. 2825, Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus.  
 

 

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Photographed 23 October 2022.

Plants of Lippincott Ranch
Boulder and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
Poaceae

Elymus glaucus Buckley ssp. glaucus.  Blue Wild Rye.

Lippincott Ranch (North), Boulder County, Colorado. Northern portion of the ranch in Boulder County, base of boulders above south fork of Spring Creek, 2.33 km. north northwest of the main gate, 2.67 km. south southwest of Eldorado Springs. 39.9144°N, 105.2809°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2060 m. Ponderosa pine forest, also collected here Jamesia americana, Urtica dioica, and Heuchera bracteata.

Collected by permit: Boulder OSMP, issued: May 27, 2022, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich, with John Vickery 2825. 2-Jul-2022

Coll. No, 2825, 2 July 2022, characters observed: Perennial grass, to 85 cm., not rhizomatous; Cauline nodes visible; Sheath open; Ligule membraneous, 1 mm.; Auricles absent; Blade 250 mm. × 13 mm. wide, flat, lax; Inflorescence, 1 per culm, two-sided spike, straight or slightly curved but not drooping; Spikelets, 2 per node, sessile; Disarticulation between the florets; Glumes, lower, 10 mm. + awn 2-4 mm., veins 1, upper 12 mm. + awn 2-4 mm., ±= lowest floret, veins 5; Florets, 3 per spikelet; Lemma, 10 mm., awns 1, 16 mm., slightly curved; Palea, 9 mm., <lemma, tip bifid.

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