G58 



IDAHO FESCUE 



Festu'ca idahoen'sis, syns. F. ingra'ta, F. ovi'na ingra'ta 



Flower "head (panicle) open but rather 

 narrow, 4 to 8 in. long; branches ascend- 

 ing or spreading, very rough to touch 



Individual flower groups (spikelets) 4- 

 to8-flowered, somewhat flattened, florets 

 spreading 



Lowest (2) spikelet bracts (glumes) 

 unequal, first shorter than second 



* Outer flower bract (lemma) about # 

 in. long, longer than glumes, rounded on 

 back, 5-nerved, nerves running together 

 at tip, not 2-toothed at tip as in brome, 

 bearded (awned) from tip; awn usually 

 little more than half as long as lemma 

 (up to 3 / lt in long); grain enclosed by 

 lemma 



Stalks (culms) erect, sparsely leaved, 

 somewhat rough above 



Leaves mostly in a tuft, basal, nu- 

 merous, bluish green; basal leaf sheaths 

 short, remaining inrolled in age; leaf 

 blades 3 to 15 in. long, rather stiff 

 and firm, but wavy, inrolled. 



Roots slender, fibrous, matted 



