Elymus hispidus (Opiz) Melderis subsp. hispidus
One of the awnless Elymus, looking rather unlike the various awned species. It differs from subsp. barbulatus in having glabrous spikelets.
An inflorescence at Bluff Springs, Sacramento Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico, 25 Sep 2005.
A spikelet at Bluff Springs, 25 Sep 2005.