| Trisetum sibiricum subsp. litoralis (Rupr.) Roshev. | |||
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| Family | Gramineae — APG family: Poaceae | ||
| Synonyms | Avena ruprechtii Griseb., Trisetum sibiricum var. litorale Rupr. | ||
| Description | Culm 15-30 cm tall, glabrous, from short, creeping rhizome; culm leaves short and broad, nearly glabrous; panicle ovate or spikelike, dense, 3-5 cm long; spike- lets about 8 mm long, 2-3-flowered, yellowish-brown; lemma two-pointed, with long, bent and twisted awn attached to middle or upper part. | ||
| Ecology | Meadows, along creeks. | ||
| Taxonomy notes | Subsp. litoralis differs from the type in its low culms and dense, compact panicle. Broken line on circumpolar map indicates range of subsp. sibiricum. |
This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.