Schedonorus pratensis

(Huds.) P. Beauv.
Common names: Meadow fescue Fétuque des prés
Synonyms: Lolium pratense Festuca pratensis Festuca elatior var. pratensis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 446.

Plants perennial. Culms to 1.3 m. Leaves folded or convolute in young shoots; auricles glabrous; ligules to 0.5 mm; blades 10-25 cm long, 2-7 mm wide. Panicles (6)10-25 cm; branches at the lowest node 1 or 2, shorter branch with 1-2(3) spikelets, longer branch with 2-6(9) spikelets. Spikelets (8.5) 12-15.5(17) mm long, 2-5 mm wide, with (2)4-10(12) florets. Lower glumes (2)2.6-4.5 mm; upper glumes 3-5 mm; lemmas 5-8 mm, usually smooth, sometimes slightly scabrous distally, apices unawned, sometimes mucronate, mucros to 0.2 mm; paleas slightly shorter than the lemmas; anthers (1.5)2-4.6 mm. Caryopses 3-4 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide. 2n = 14.

Distribution

Conn., N.J., N.Y., Wash., Ark., Kans., N.Dak., Nebr., Okla., S.Dak., Del., D.C., Wis., W.Va., Mass., Maine, N.H., R.I., Vt., Fla., Wyo., N.Mex., Tex., La., Tenn., N.C., S.C., Pa., Calif., Nev., Va., Colo., Alaska, Ala., Mont., Oreg., Ill., Ga., Ind., Iowa, Ariz., Idaho, Md., Ohio, Alta., B.C., Greenland, Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Mo., Minn., Mich., Miss., Utah, Ky.

Discussion

Schedonorus pratensis is a Eurasian species that is now widely established in the Flora region. It used to be a popular forage grass in the contiguous United States and southern Canada, but is now rarely planted.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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