Details for: PI 578679, Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould, 'PRIMAR'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould

Cultivar:

'PRIMAR'

Origin:

Developed – Washington, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1979

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 578679 2014i SD

Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould

Cultivar:

'PRIMAR'

Origin:

Developed – Washington, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1979

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

PRE 1979.
Washington, United States

Developer(s):

USDA, SCS

Donated

1979.
Washington, United States

Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

'PRIMAR'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Long-lived perennial bunch grass best adapted to conditions of eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and northeastern Oregon. Maturity early and early spring growth, and produces large yield of forage and seed. Rapid early growth is favorable to the growing of slender wheatgrass in association with sweetclover. Resistant to leaf stem, and stripe rusts and is superior to Mecca in resistance to head smut.

Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould

Genus:

Elymus

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Triticeae

Nomen number:

102325

Place of publication:

Rhodora 56:28. 1954

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/619987

Comment:

in addition to ascribing the new combination to him, Shinners thanked Gould for permission to publish the name (p. 26), so Gould is the author of this name (Shenzhen ICN Art. 46.2)

Verified:

02/26/2021 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould subsp. subsecundus (Link) Á. Löve & D. Löve (33 active accession[s])
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould subsp. trachycaulus (18 active accession[s])
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould subsp. virescens (Lange) Á. Löve & D. Löve (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	slender wheatgrass			1	Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.42	GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 578679 95o SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Awns present	Awns present	N - Awns are not present(awnless)	For an Excel table of the Hopkins data..">GRASS.AWNS.2005.HOPKINS	PI 578679 95o SD	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture1	A picture or image	heads	GRASS.IMAGE.2004.NOBLE	PI 578679 95o SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Vernalization needed to flower	Vernalization needed to induce flowering	N - Vernalization is not needed	For an Excel table of the Hopkins data..">GRASS.AWNS.2005.HOPKINS	PI 578679 95o SD	Not Available