Alopecurus alpinus Sm.
 
FamilyGramineae — APG family: Poaceae
SynonymsAlopecurus borealis Trin., Alopecurus behringianus Gandoger
Common namealpine foxtail
DescriptionCulms with 2-3 internodes, 10-30 c¢m tall, from slender rhizome; sheaths strongly inflated, glabrous; upper leaves short and broad; panicle oblong, narrow, grayish or purplish-gray; spikelets strongly woolly; glumes free nearly to base; anthers 1.5— 2 mm.
EcologyWet, sandy, and stony soil in tundra or mountains.
Hultén's Flora About

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.