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Key to Anthoxanthum

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(For a list of species in Anthoxanthum, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Glumes unequal, lower glumes 1-veined, ± 1/2 upper glumes; 2 lower floret  3–10 mm

2. Annual; lower sterile   bent ..... A. aristatum subsp. aristatum

2' Perennial herb; lower sterile lemma awn straight ..... A. odoratum

1' Glumes ± equal, generally 3-veined; 2 lower floret awn 0

3. Upper  blades ± ; lower lemma hairy, often  ..... A. nitens subsp. nitens

3' Upper leaf blades generally stiffly ; lemma mostly glabrous ..... A. occidentale

 

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