Festuca paradoxa Desv.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Much like no. 3 [Festuca subverticillata (Pers.) E. B. Alexeev], the culms usually stouter and more tufted, and the infl more freely branched; spikelets separated by short internodes, approximate and overlapping, (3)4-5(6)- fld, 5–8 × 4–6 mm; first glume 2.4–4.2 mm, the second elliptic-oblong, 3.1–5.2 mm; lemmas turgid, obtuse, 3.6–5.2 mm, soon diverging and exposing the rachilla; palea obtuse; anthers ca 1–1.5 mm. Moist or wet open woods and prairies; Pa. and Va. to S.C., w. to Io., Okla., and Tex. (F. nutans; F. shortii)