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Agrostis canina

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Agrostis

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Perennial; caespitose.

Stems: Rhizomes absent, or elongated. Stolons present. Culms geniculately ascending, or decumbent, or prostrate, 15–75 cm long, 1–4 -noded, without nodal roots, or rooting from lower nodes. Culm-internodes smooth.

Roots: Roots fibrous.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades flat, or convolute; 2–15 cm long; 1–3 mm wide. Apex acuminate. Surfaces ribbed; scaberulous. Margins entire. Veins parallel. Sheaths without a keel; smooth, or scaberulous. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1–5 mm long; acute. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Inflorescence an open or contracted panicle, lanceolate, or ovate; 2–10 cm long; 1–7 cm wide. Primary panicle branches whorled at most nodes. Panicle branches capillary; terete (cylindrical); scaberulous. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels filiform; terete (cylindrical); 1–3 mm long. Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate, or oblong; laterally compressed; 1.7–3.3 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus pubescent. Glumes persistent; similar; exceeding apex of florets; firmer than fertile lemma; shiny; gaping. Lower glume lanceolate; 1–1.1 length of upper glume; membranous; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Lower glume primary vein scaberulous. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume lanceolate; 1.5 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Upper glume primary vein scaberulous (above). Upper glume lateral veins absent. Upper glume apex acute. Fertile lemma oblong, or ovate; 1.1–2.1 mm long; hyaline; without keel; 4–5 -veined. Lemma apex truncate; muticous, or awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn dorsal; arising 0.2 way up back of lemma; geniculate; 2–4.5 mm long overall; with twisted column. Palea oblong; 0.1–0.25 length of lemma; hyaline; 2 -veined. Palea apex obtuse. Lodicules 2; lanceolate; membranous. Anthers 3; 1–1.5 mm long. Ovary superior; stigmas 2, laterally exserted.

Fruit: Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; ellipsoid; isodiametric; biconvex; estipitate; without sulcus; smooth; apex unappendaged. Embryo 0.2 length of caryopsis. Hilum linear; 0.9 length of caryopsis. Endosperm farinose.

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Historical Distribution

Synonyms (84)

Agraulus caninus P.Beauv. (1812)
Agraulus pallidus (With.) Gray (1822)
Agrestis canina (L.) Bubani (1901)
Agrostis affinis Kunth (1833)
Agrostis alba f. aristata Millsp. (1892)
Agrostis alba var. aristata Spenn. (1825)
Agrostis alpina Leyss. (1783)
Agrostis arenaria Schur (1859)
Agrostis arenosa Schur (1866)
Agrostis canina f. fasciculata J.Rousseau (1938)
Agrostis canina f. pallida (Peterm.) Kuntze (1898)
Agrostis canina f. vinealis Beldie (1972)
Agrostis canina proles decipiens Rouy (1913)
Agrostis canina subsp. allionii K.Richt. (1890)
Agrostis canina subsp. aspromontana Brullo, Scelsi & Spamp. (2001)
Agrostis canina subsp. fascicularis (Curtis ex Sinclair) Hyl. (1953)
Agrostis canina subsp. granatensis Romero García, Blanca & R.Morales (1986)
Agrostis canina subsp. monteluccii Selvi (1994)
Agrostis canina var. alba Desv. (1818)
Agrostis canina var. alpina (Leyss.) Ducommun (1869)
Agrostis canina var. arenosa Schur (1859)
Agrostis canina var. aristata Faye (1850)
Agrostis canina var. aurea Lej. (1825)
Agrostis canina var. breviaristata Mutel (1837)
Agrostis canina var. decipiens (Rouy) Douin (1932)
Agrostis canina var. diffusa (Link) Heynh. (1840)
Agrostis canina var. fascicularis (Curtis ex Sinclair) W.K.Martin & G.T.Fraser (1939)
Agrostis canina var. flava Hartm. (1820)
Agrostis canina var. humilis Willk. & Lange (1861)
Agrostis canina var. hybrida (Gaudin) Gaudin (1828)
Agrostis canina var. laevis Pauquy (1831)
Agrostis canina var. minor Pauquy (1831)
Agrostis canina var. mutica Gaudin (1828)
Agrostis canina var. nivea (Sinclair) Hook. (1821)
Agrostis canina var. nobilis (De Not.) Ces., Pass. & Gibelli (1861)
Agrostis canina var. opulentis Portal (2009)
Agrostis canina var. pallida Rchb. (1834)
Agrostis canina var. pudica Döll (1843)
Agrostis canina var. pumila Peterm. (1846)
Agrostis canina var. radicans Rohlena (1937)
Agrostis canina var. rigida Schur (1859)
Agrostis canina var. rupestris Chapm. ex Gatt. (1887)
Agrostis canina var. stolonifera Blytt (1847)
Agrostis canina var. transsilvanica (Schur) Schur (1859)
Agrostis canina var. transsylvanica (Schur) Nyman (1865)
Agrostis canina var. umbrosa Legrand (1887)
Agrostis canina var. violacea Hartm. (1820)
Agrostis fascicularis Curtis ex Sinclair (1816)
Agrostis geniculata Lam. (1779)
Agrostis granatensis (Romero García, Blanca & C.Morales) Rivas Mart. (2011)
Agrostis hybrida Gaudin (1811)
Agrostis leersii J.F.Gmel. (1792)
Agrostis mutabilis Sibth. (1794)
Agrostis nana Delarbre (1800)
Agrostis nivea Sinclair (1816)
Agrostis nobilis De Not. ex Parl. (1850)
Agrostis pallida With. (1796)
Agrostis stricta De Not. ex Parl. (1850)
Agrostis sudavica M.M.Ivanova (1963)
Agrostis tenuifolia Curtis (1787)
Agrostis tenuis T.Bastard ex Roem. & Schult. (1817)
Agrostis transilvanica Schur (1859)
Agrostis transsilvanica Schur (1859)
Agrostis violaceopurpurea Gilib. (1792)
Agrostis vulgaris var. pallida (With.) Lej. (1825)
Agrostis wightii Nees ex Steud. (1854)
Avena canina (L.) Scop. (1777)
Milium caninum (L.) Lag. (1816)
Trichodium arenarium Schur (1859)
Trichodium arenosum (Schur) Schur (1866)
Trichodium caninum (L.) Schrad. (1806)
Trichodium caninum var. pallidum Opiz (1852)
Trichodium caninum var. turfosum Schur (1866)
Trichodium coerulescens Link ex Steud. (1841)
Trichodium diffusum Link (1821)
Trichodium hybridum (Gaudin) Roem. & Schult. (1817)
Trichodium kitaibelii Schult. (1814)
Trichodium montanum Willd. ex Steud. (1841)
Trichodium niveum Philipson (1937)
Trichodium tenerrimum Schur (1853)
Trichodium transsilvanicum (Schur) Schur (1853)
Trichodium turfosum Schur (1866)
Vilfa hybrida (Gaudin) P.Beauv. (1812)
Vilfa vulgaris Wight ex Steud. (1854)

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Potentially Naturalizing

Island Status

Hawai'i Potentially Naturalizing

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 62 (1753)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1491 (H? [single coll., Glenwood, 1912], DESCR); Herbst & Clayton 1998:18 (KEY)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Agrostis canina L. glenwood PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock 12738 Kauai US
2 Agrostis canina L. Glenwood PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J. F. 12738 Kauai US 7/12/2020
3 Agrostis canina L. Glenwood PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 12738 Hawaii BISH 7/1/1912
4 Agrostis canina L. hawaii or maui PRESERVED_SPECIMEN u.s. department of agriculture collector number: s.n. BISH 8/8/1913
5 Agrostis canina L. glenwood PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 12738 Hawaii BISH 7/1/1912
6 Agrostis canina L. Hawai`i or Maui PreservedSpecimen U.S. Department of Agriculture Collector Number: s.n. BISH Specimen 3/27/1905
7 Agrostis canina L. upper kohala ditch trail Moist places PRESERVED_SPECIMEN morr lee 102 IND 10/20/1924
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