G77 



WOLFTAIL 



Lycu'rus phleoi'des 



Flower heads (spikelike panicles) nar- 

 row, commonly 2 to 4 in. long, about K 

 in. wide, straight to flexuous 



Individual flower groups (spikelets) 

 1-fiowered, in pairs, falling together; 1 

 spikelet of pair with seed-producing 

 (perfect) flower, other with pollen-pro- 

 ducing (staminate) flower 



Lowest (2) spikelet bracts (glumes) 

 smooth to somewhat hairy; 1st, with 2 

 bristles (awns), 2d, with 1 awn 



" Outer flower bract (lemma) firmer 

 than glumes, soft-hairy, tipped by ter- 

 minal awn, enclosing seed" 



Stalks (culmsi-^densely tufted and 

 somewhat spreading at base, somewhat 

 bent at joints, slender, up to 18 in. tall 



Leaves narrow (less than % in wide), 

 up to 12 in. long, rough along the edges 



Roots coarse, fibrous 



