Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, wastelots, and other disturbed areas.
Flowers: April-June
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Growth Duration: Annual
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Wind
Glabrous, low, spreading annual, the culms 3-9 cm. tall.
Sheaths partially closed, compressed; ligules 0.5-1.5 mm. long; blades involute, the tip somewhat boat-shaped.
Inflorescence a terminal, spikelike raceme 1-5 cm. long, exceeded by the upper leaves; spikelets 3-flowered, subsessile, closely crowded on one side of the rachis, 6-10 mm. long; first glume 2-3 mm. long, 3-nerved, rounded at the tip; second glume 4-6 mm. long, 7-nerved, rounded at the tip; lemmas compressed, 4-6 mm. long, with 5 non-convergent nerves; paleas much shorter than the lemmas, sharply 2-keeled.
Publication: Ess. Agrostogr. 98, 174, 177, pl. 19, f. 4. 1812.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Sclerochloa dura in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Sclerochloa dura checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Sclerochloa dura information.
E-Flora BC: Sclerochloa dura atlas page.
CalPhotos: Sclerochloa dura photos.
USDA Plants: Sclerochloa dura information.
