Purple Long Awn Panicle Grass
Well exserted from the upper leaf sheath.
Purple long awn panicle grass. Distinguishing characteristics are combinations of. Inflorescence a pinkish purple very broad open and erect panicle to 25 cm long with slender branches. Turkey foot seedhead long hairs on leaf blade toward base big bluestem is a 4 7 tall leafy warm season bunch grass with fine hairs where the leaf joins the stem. Panicles detach from the plant when mature and.
Awn seedhead columbia needlegrass stipa nelsonii stne 3 type. Whether panicle branches are stiff or flexible length of the lower glume relative to the upper glume length of the awns width of the lemma at both the base and tip length of the panicle length of leaf blades. Ligule membranous obtuse and 2 8 mm long. The lemmas have straight awns and longer callus hairs at the base that are over half as long as the lemmas.
Native grass identification big bluestem andropogon gerardii quick id. Tufted short lived perennial grass to 65 cm tall with tightly folded leaves to 1 mm wide and to 25 cm long. 2 to 2 5 cm. Wide usually rolled inflorescence seed head.
Dry plains meadows and open woods of medium to high altitudes of the. Perennial native bunchgrass height. Other three awn grasses have awns up to long in some species this applies only to their lateral awns which are shorter than the central awns. 1 to 3 mm.
On mature plants the seed head has two or three spikes. Aristida purpurea is a rather variable species with seven recognized varieties. Narrow spikelike panicle awn. Lemmas have conspicuous.
It grows in wetlands wet meadows marshes and on stream banks and shores. An exception is aristida tuberculosa needle grass which has awns on its.