. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 129. Fig. 425. Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr. Agrost. 3 : 75. 1842. Nkedle Grass. — A rather stout, erect, cfespitose perennial 3 to 9 dm. high, with mostly involute leaves and loosely-flowered panicles 16 to 24 cm. long. Spikelets wiih nearly equal long- attenuate-pointed empty glumes (a) about 24 mm. long, and thinly pubescent flowering glumes (6) about 12 mm. long. Awn slender, 8 to 10 cm. long, strongly flexuous or variously curled and twisted.—Dry sandy soil, British Columbia to California and eastward to the Dakotas
. Bulletin. Gramineae -- United States; Forage plants -- United States. 129. Fig. 425. Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr. Agrost. 3 : 75. 1842. Nkedle Grass. — A rather stout, erect, cfespitose perennial 3 to 9 dm. high, with mostly involute leaves and loosely-flowered panicles 16 to 24 cm. long. Spikelets wiih nearly equal long- attenuate-pointed empty glumes (a) about 24 mm. long, and thinly pubescent flowering glumes (6) about 12 mm. long. Awn slender, 8 to 10 cm. long, strongly flexuous or variously curled and twisted.—Dry sandy soil, British Columbia to California and eastward to the Dakotas and Nebraska. May-September. 19819—Xo. 17 0. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Division of Agrostology. Washington, D. C. : The Division
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