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University of Wisconsin - Madison
Catalog #: v0218663WIS
Taxon: Alopecurus pratensis L.
Family: Poaceae
Collector: Neess, John C.   778   
Date: 1943-05-29
Verbatim Date: 1943-05-29
Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Whitefish Bay. West Whitefish Bay (W end of Lexington Blvd.) Milwaukee [N of]
Habitat: Sandy waste land - soil dry. More/less 50 cm high, slightly decumbent at base - texture soft. Upper sheath much more inflated, longer than blade. Spikes (dense panicles - not racemes) 4-7 mm broad, 4-7 cm long, dense, soft. Spikelets 5-6 mm long. Glumes membraneous, 2, subequal, slightly shorter than lemma, ciliate on keel, conspicuously nerved lemma equalling or exceeding glumes, membranaceous, pallea none; lemma provided with a soft curved awn near base. Awn exseted 4-5mm. Stamens 3; stigmas 2. Not common only 1 plant found in this vicinity although sp. has been observed elsewhere in Co. Sheet 2 of 3.
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Record Id: f259cd1d-cc8f-4188-9c53-a5658eeef9e6
Occurrence ID (GUID): 494ced43-5f4d-43f0-8174-69e855b3b8db
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Mary Ann Feist (mfeist@wisc.edu)
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