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SANDBERG BLUEGRASS 



Po'a secun'da, syns. "P. buckleya'na", 1 P. incur'va, P. sandber'gii 



Individual flower groups (spikelets) 

 short (about y t in. long), 2- to 4-flowered, 

 often purplish, borne above middle of 

 branches 



Outer flower bract (lemma) not cob- 

 webby-hairy at base but with very 

 fine, curled hairs on lower part, linear- 

 oblong, 5-nerved, with papery-, blunt 

 tip 



Lowest (2) spikelet bracts (glumes) 

 lance-shaped, somewhat pointed; 1st 

 glume 1-veined; 2d glume 2-veined 



Flower head (panicle)-: very narrow 

 (not more than 1 in. wide even when 

 flowers are open), up to 4 in. long, 

 with ascending branches; lower branch- 

 es unequal in length and arranged in 

 groups of 2 or 3 



Stalks (culms) densely tufted or only 

 1 or 2, smooth, delicate, slender, 

 nearly naked (with usually only 1 or 2 

 short stem leaves), erect, 6 to 30 in. 

 high but averaging only about 12 in. 



Leaves mostly in a short basal tuft 

 and somewhat curly at maturity, 2 to 6 

 in. long; blades very narrow, short, 

 soft, and usually folded lengthwise as if 

 by hinges; sheaths smooth 



Roots fibrous; creeping 

 acking 



rootstocks 



1 Of some authors, in part. 



