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|accepted_name=Melica subulata
|accepted_authority=(Griseb.) Scribn.
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|common_names=Alaskan oniongrass;Tapered oniongrass
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Melica subulata var. pammelii
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|rank=variety
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|name=Bromelica subulata
|authority=
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Meliceae;Melica;Melica subulata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Meliceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Melica]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Melica subulata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 95
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>cespitose, rhizomatous. <b>Culms</b> 55-125 cm, forming corms, corms attached to the rhizomes; internodes scabridulous basally. <b>Sheaths</b> usually scabridulous, sometimes glabrous or pilose; ligules 0.4-5 mm, to 1.5 mm on the lower leaves, to 5 mm on the upper leaves; blades 2-10 mm wide, abaxial surfaces smooth or scabridulous, adaxial surfaces scabridulous, glabrous or with hairs. <b>Panicles</b> 8-25 cm, lax; branches 1.7-9 cm, usually appressed to ascending, occasionally divergent, with 1-5 spikelets; pedicels not sharply bent; disarticulation above the glumes. <b>Spikelets</b> 10-28 mm, with 2-5 bisexual florets; rachilla internodes 1.8-2 mm. <b>Lower</b> glumes 4-8 mm long, 1.3-2.2 mm wide, 1-3-veined; upper glumes 5.5-11.5 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, 3-5-veined; lemmas 5.5-18 mm, usually strigose over the veins, hairs longest towards the base, 7-9-veined, veins prominent, apices strongly tapering and acuminate, unawned; paleas 1/2 - 3/4 the length of the lemmas; anthers 1.5-2.5 mm; rudiments 4-9 mm, tapering, resembling the bisexual florets. <b>Caryopses</b> 4-5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|distribution=Alaska;Colo.;Idaho;Nev.;S.Dak.;Wash.;Wyo.;Alta.;B.C.;Mont.;Calif.;Oreg.
|discussion=<p><i>Melica subulata</i> grows from sea level to 2300 m in mesic, shady woods. Its range extends from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska through British Columbia to California, east to Lawrence County, South Dakota, and into Colorado.</p>
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name=Melica subulata
|authority=(Griseb.) Scribn.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Melica subulata var. pammelii;Bromelica subulata
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda Ann Vorobik
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Alaska;Colo.;Idaho;Nev.;S.Dak.;Wash.;Wyo.;Alta.;B.C.;Mont.;Calif.;Oreg.
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=Endemic
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Meliceae
|genus=Melica
|species=Melica subulata
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