View source for Puccinellia angustata

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|accepted_name=Puccinellia angustata
|accepted_authority=(R. Br.) E.L. Rand &
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|common_names=Tall alkali grass;Puccinellie étroite
|basionyms=
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|name=Puccinellia contracta
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|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Puccinellia;Puccinellia angustata
|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 Poeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Puccinellia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Puccinellia angustata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 467
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; cespitose, not mat-forming. <b>Culms</b> 10-35 cm, erect to decumbent. <b>Ligules</b> (0.8)1-3(4) mm, acute, obtuse, or truncate, entire; blades usually involute and 0.5-1.2 mm in diameter, sometimes flat and 0.5-3 mm wide. <b>Panicles</b> (4)5-10(13)cm, usually contracted, occasionally diffuse at maturity, lower nodes with 2-3(4) branches, lower branches erect to ascending, spikelets usually confined to the distal 1/2; pedicels scabrous, lacking tumid epidermal cells. <b>Spikelets</b> 4-10 mm, with 3-5(6) florets. <b>Glumes</b> rounded over the back, veins obscure, apices acute; lower glumes 1.5-2.8 mm, usually less than 1/2 as long as the adjacent lemmas; upper glumes 2.2-4.2 mm; rachilla internodes slightly and gradually broadened to the point of attachment with the lemmas, at least the lowest internode usually more than 0.09 mm thick; calluses with a few hairs; lemmas 3.5-5.2 mm, herbaceous, often purplish, hairy on the proximal 1/2 along the veins, sometimes also between the veins, backs rounded, 5-veined, veins obscure, not extending to the margins, apical margins hyaline, scabrous, apices acute, entire or erose; palea veins with curly, intertwined hairs proximally, scabrous distally; anthers (0.6) 0.8-1.1(1.5) mm. <b>2n</b> = 42.</span><!--

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|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Greenland;Man.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska
|discussion=<p><i>Puccinellia angustata</i> is a common and widespread arctic species that grows in disturbed silty or sandy sediments. It is usually non-littoral, but when in coastal areas it grows above the influence of high tide.</p>
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name=Puccinellia angustata
|authority=(R. Br.) E.L. Rand &
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Puccinellia contracta
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Cindy Roché
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Greenland;Man.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae
|genus=Puccinellia
|species=Puccinellia angustata
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