Munroa squarrosa

(Nutt.) Torr.
Common names: False buffalograss
Synonyms: Monroa squarrosa
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 51.

Stolons slender. Culms 3-15(30) cm, highly branched, scabrous, often minutely puberulent. Ligules 0.5(1) mm; blades 1-5 cm long, 1-2.5 mm wide. Spikelets 6-8(10) mm, with 3-5 florets. Glumes of first 1-2 spikelets subequal, 2.5-4.2 mm, narrow, 1-veined, acute; glumes of upper spikelets unequal, lower glumes reduced or even absent in the terminal spikelets; lemmas in lower spikelets scabridulous, lanceolate, midvein excurrent, forming a stout, scabrous 0.5-2 mm awn, lateral veins with a tuft of hairs on the margins near midlength, excurrent; anthers 1-1.5 mm. 2n = 16.

Distribution

Alta., Man., Sask., Colo., N.Mex., Tex., Utah, Calif., Minn., Kans., N.Dak., Nebr., Okla., S.Dak., Mont., Wyo., Ariz., Oreg., Nev.

Discussion

Munroa squarrosa grows in dry, open areas, usually in sandy soil or disturbed sites, from Saskatchewan and Alberta south to Chihuahua, Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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