| Author | (Jacquin) Parlatore | |
| Distribution | Known only from a single collection in Watauga County: just N of Boone in median of hwy. 421, 15 June 2007, Poindexter 07-213 (BOON).
Native of Eurasia, but widespread in alkali regions of the western U.S. and Canada and so possibly native there. Disjunct to the Atlantic Coast. | |
| Abundance | Very rare. | |
| Habitat | Median strip of highway. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting May-July. | |
| Identification | These plants are perennial, stems a few inches to a foot tall (to 2 feet elsewhere). The leaves are mostly basal and short. The inflorescence has well-spaced, horizontal to reflexed branches; the spikelets have 2-7 florets, all scales blunt. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | None
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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