Nardus

L.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 62.

Plants perennial; cespitose. Culms 3-60 cm, erect; basal branching intravaginal. Leaves mostly basal; sheaths open; auricles absent; ligules membranous, entire, rounded; blades filiform, tightly convolute, epidermes with bicellular microhairs. Inflorescences terminal spikes, 1-sided, spikelets in 2 rows, loosely to closely imbricate; rachises terminating in a bristle; disarticulation below the floret. Spikelets triangular in cross section, with 1 floret, floret bisexual. Lower glumes a highly reduced, cupular rim; upper glumes absent or vestigial; florets 5-10 mm; lemmas linear-lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, chartaceous, enveloping the paleas, 3-veined, awned; paleas hyaline, 2-veined, 2-keeled; lodicules absent; anthers 3; styles 1. x = 13.

Distribution

N.H., Mass., Mich., Oreg., N.Y., Vt., Greenland, Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.), N.S., Ont., Que., Idaho

Discussion

Nardus is a monospecific European genus. Its relationships to other genera are unclear.

Lower Taxa

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Mary E. Barkworth +
N.H. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Oreg. +, N.Y. +, Vt. +, Greenland +, Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.) +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +  and Idaho +
hubbard1984a +  and turin1980a +
Gramineae +
Poaceae tribe Nardeae +