. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 53. GRASS FAMILY. Purple Oat. Fig. 3. Avena Torreyi Nash. 528. Avena striata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 73. 1803. Not Lam. 1783. Trisetum purpurascens Torr. Fl. U. S. 127. 1824. Not Avena purpurascens DC. 1813. Culms i°-2° tall, erect, simple, slender, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths shorter than the internodes, smooth or slightly scabrous; ligule ¥' long or les
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 53. GRASS FAMILY. Purple Oat. Fig. 3. Avena Torreyi Nash. 528. Avena striata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 73. 1803. Not Lam. 1783. Trisetum purpurascens Torr. Fl. U. S. 127. 1824. Not Avena purpurascens DC. 1813. Culms i°-2° tall, erect, simple, slender, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths shorter than the internodes, smooth or slightly scabrous; ligule ¥' long or less; blades erect, i'-6' long, i"-$" wide, smooth beneath, usually scabrous above; panicle 2F-5' in length, lax, the branches erect or ascending, naked below, the lower i'-2i' long; spikelets 3-6-flowered, the empty scales smooth, the second 3"-3i" in length, 3-nerved, the first two-thirds to three-quarters as long, 1-nerved; flowering scales 3"-4" long, with a ring of short hairs at the base, strongly nerved, scabrous; awns as long as the scales or longer. In woods, New Brunswick to British Columbia, Penn- sylvania, Minnesota and Colorado. 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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