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Fig. 564. Colpodium fulvum (Triu.) Griseb. in Ledeb, Flor. 

 Ross., 4: 385, 1853. (Poa fulva Trin. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 

 Ser. 1, 6:378. 1845. Graphephorum fulvum A. Gray). Yellow 

 Colpodium. — A rather stout, erect, leafy, and glabrous perennial. 

 2 to 6 dm. high, with flat, sharp-pointed leaves and open panicles 

 8 to 15 cm. long. Spikelets 1- to 6-flowered, 5 to 6 nun. long, with 

 broadly lanceolate empty glumes (a) and obtuse flowering glumes 

 about 4 mm. long. — Moist situations. British Columbia to Alaska. 

 [Greenland and Northern Europe.] August. 



