Elymus L.

• Authority

  Hitchcock, Albert S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-xx, 291-556.

• Family

  Poaceae

• Scientific Name

  Elymus L.

• Description

  Description - Spikelets 2 to 6-flowered, sessile in pairs at each node of a continuous rachis ; lemmas rounded on the back or nearly terete, obscurely 5-nerved, usually awned from the tip.

• Common Names

  wild rye