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Fig. 591. Agropyron violaceum (Hornni.) Vasey. (Triticum 

 violaceum Hornm. Fl. Dan. t. 2044. 1832.) 1883. Northern Wheat- 

 grass. — An erect, csespitose perennial, with rather short, flat 

 leaves and comparatively stout spikes 2 to 6 cm. long. Spikelets 

 3- to 4-flowered, with short-awned or awnless glumes, which are 

 broadest above the middle. — Labrador and southward in the moun- 

 tains of New England, New York, and Pennsylvania, westward to 

 Colorado and Utah, and northward to Alaska. June-September. 



