Aristida basiramea Engelm. ex Vasey
Annotated by Ben Legler, Sep 2020. Sources: FNA.

Idaho: Idaho County: Clearwater National Forest: roadside pullout on southeast side of Highway 12 above bank of Lochsa River, ca 0.25 km northeast of mouth of Macaroni Creek and 23 air km northeast of Lowell. Elev. 546 m.
46.284178° N, 115.387725° W
Datum: WGS 84. Uncertainty: 7 meters. Coordinate Source: GPS.
Dry, built-up, gravelly road bank with Sporobolus vaginiflorus, Aristida basiramea, Poa cf. secunda, Euphorbia maculata, Mollugo verticillata. Annuals, openly branched; inflorescences narrow; glumes both 1-veined, lower glume 6-7.5 mm, upper glume 10-12 mm; awns ascending to spreading, central awn 13-16 mm, spirally coiled 2-3 full turns at base upon drying, lateral awns 7-9 mm; locally common weed along road side. Photographed. Phenology: Flowers and Fruits.

Ben Legler 16434, Sep 12, 2020
ID, Accession: 182624, Barcode: ID188178