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Morphology
- Culm
- Erect, slender, wiry, glabrous.
- Blades
- Basal and cauline; blades 8 to 16 inches long, .2 inch wide, filiform to involute to folded, tip tapering, glabrous, scabrous margins and midrib.
- Sheath
- Longer than internodes, terete, throat somewhat pilose, summit with conspicuous tufts of hair.
- Ligule
- Line of minute hairs
- Inflorescence
- Panicle, open, elliptical to narrowly pyramidal, 4.5 to 8 inches long, up to 2.8 inches wide, branches ascending, 1.2 to 2.4 inches long, spikelets borne toward branch tips on short pedicels.
- Spikelets
- Grayish, 1-flowered, .16 to .28 inch long, awnless; glumes glabrous, first glume subulate, .07 to .18 inch long, second glume lanceolate, .1 to .24 inch long, acuminate or awn-pointed; lemmas .13 to .16 inch, obtuse or acute, 1-veined, glabrous; paleas as along as or slightly longer than lemmas.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Prairies, roadsides, woodland edges; sandy to clay loam soils.
- Distribution
- East 1/2 of Kansas
Practical Information
- Forage Value
- Good forage value for livestock prior to maturity.
- Uses
- The Ojibwa applied a poultice of crushed root to sores.
Additional Notes
Comments
Densely tufted. Occasionally planted as an ornamental.
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Grass
- Family
- Poaceae - Grass Family
- Life Span
- Perennial
- Height
- 16-34 inches
- Origin
- Native
- Last Updated
- 2019-02-26
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Blooms: August, September