View source for Redfieldia flexuosa

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|accepted_name=Redfieldia flexuosa
|accepted_authority=(Thurb. ex A. Gray) Vasey
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|common_names=Blow out- grass
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Redfieldia;Redfieldia flexuosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Redfieldia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Redfieldia flexuosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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|treatment_page=page 41
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>50-130 cm. <b>Ligules</b> to 1.5 mm; blades 15-45 cm long, 2-8 mm wide. <b>Panicles</b> 20-50 cm long, 8-25 cm wide. <b>Spikelets</b> (3)5-8 mm long, 3-5 mm wide. <b>Lower</b> glumes 3-4 mm; upper glumes 3.5-4.5 mm; callus hairs to 1.5 mm; lemmas 4.5-6 mm, glabrous or shortly pubescent, veins glabrous, entire or with 3 minute teeth; paleas glabrous; anthers 2-3.6 mm, yellow to reddish-purple; lodicules 2, truncate. <b>Caryopses</b> oblong, terete. <b>2n</b> = 25.</span><!--

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|distribution=Colo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Mont.;Ill.;Ariz.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Redfieldia flexuosa grows on sandhills and dunes. It is a common and important soil binder in blowout areas. It is only fair livestock forage but, because it grows in areas subject to blowout, this should not be of concern. The only Arizona collection wasmade in 1896; the Washington population was introduced for erosion control.</p>
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|authority=(Thurb. ex A. Gray) Vasey
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|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Colo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Mont.;Ill.;Ariz.;Wyo.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Redfieldia
|species=Redfieldia flexuosa
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