Jepson Flora Project:
Jepson Interchange
The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California
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Up-to-date information about California vascular plants is available from the
Jepson eFlora
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Names are linked to treatments from the Manual
Key to DESCHAMPSIA
N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.
1.
Annual
D. danthonioides
1'
Perennial
2.
Inflorescence < 1 cm wide; basal leaf blades ± 1 mm wide
D. elongata
2'
Inflorescence > 1 cm wide; basal leaf blades 1–7 mm wide
3.
Lemma awned at middle; cauline leaf blades 3–7 mm wide
D. atropurpurea
3'
Lemma awned below middle; cauline leaf blades 1–4 mm wide
D. cespitosa
4.
Inflorescence open, lower branches spreading to drooping
subsp. cespitosa
4'
Inflorescence compact, lower branches ascending to erect
subsp. holciformis
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