Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to western Montana and Utah.
Habitat: Coastal sands and cliffs, meadows, open, dry lowlands to subalpine forest.
Flowers: June-August
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Wind
Perennial with long, wiry rhizomes, the culms somewhat tufted, erect, 1.5-3 dm. tall.
Sheaths open; ligules firm, obtuse, sub-entire to jagged, but not lacerate; blades usually involute, 1.5-3 mm. broad, fine-pointed.
Inflorescence a yellowish-green, strongly compressed panicle 3-10 cm. long; spikelets 1-flowered, articulate above the glumes; glumes equal, about 3 mm. long; lemma slightly shorter than the glumes, unawned; beard on the callus 0.2-0.5 mm. long; lodicules 2, 0.3-0.5 mm. long.
Utricle
Publication: Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6,4(3-4): 328. 1841.
Agrostis lepida Hitchc.
Agrostis pallens Trin. var. vaseyi H. St. John
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Agrostis pallens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Agrostis pallens checklist entry
OregonFlora: Agrostis pallens information
E-Flora BC: Agrostis pallens atlas page
CalPhotos: Agrostis pallens photos
