Elymus glaucus
Buckley
Blue wild rye
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Summary
Source: WikipediaElymus glaucus is a species of grass known as blue wild rye or blue wildrye. This grass is native to North America from Alaska to New York to northern Mexico. It is a common and widespread species of wild rye.
Description
A tufted grass. It does not have a creeping rootstock. It grows 1 m high and spreads 50 cm wide. The stems are erect and hairy. The leaves are long, blue and narrow. The glumes and lemmas are smooth. The flowers are in densely packed heads.
Edible Uses
The seeds are parched and pounded into flour to make pinole.
Traditional Uses
The seeds are used in pinole. They are parched and pounded into flour.
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Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in moist alpine meadows in the Rocky Mountains.
Where It Grows
Australia, Canada, North America, USA,
Cultivation
Plants can be grown by division.
Notes
There are 150 Elymus species. They are temperate.
References (7)
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- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
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- Porsild, A.E., 1974, Rocky Mountain Wild Flowers. Natural History Series No. 2 National Museums of Canada. p 50
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