Aegilops geniculataRoth Ovate Goat-grass

Aegilops geniculataRoth - Ovate Goat-grass

Scientific Description:

Tufted annual, 10−30 cm. Upper leaf blade linear-lanceolate, 1.5−3 mm broad. Spike 12−18 mm (excl. awns), broadly obconical, 2.5−4(−5) mm incl. awns; spike in fruit shed as a unit. Vestigial spikelets l(−2). Lateral fertile (lower) spikelets 2(−3), partly overlapping; glumes 6−10 mm, subventricose, adpressed-pubescent or scabridulous, with truncate apex bearing 3−4(−5) setaceous awns to 15−25 mm; awns of lower lemmas nearly as long as those of glumes. Uppermost (usually 3rd) spikelet sterile, 2−3 mm (excl. awns), borne on a rachis segment at least as long as spikelet below it; lemmas bearing awns nearly as long as those of glumes.

Flowering time: April−June.

Habitat: Disturbed steppe, rocky plains, gravelly places, calcareous hillsides, seashore, nr s. 1−1200 m.

Reference:

Davis PH (1985). Aegilops geniculata Roth, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 9: 245.

Public Description:

Aegilops geniculata, known as “ovate goat-grass”, grows naturally in the Mediterranean and West Asia, where Eastern Mediterranean countries are included. It is an annual setaceous herb without flowers, with wheat-like seed and fruit structure, and grows up to 30 cm in length. It blooms between April and June and is found in disturbed steppe, rocky plains, gravelly places, calcareous hillsides, and seashore.

References:

Anonymous (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegilops_geniculata /,Accessed date: 03.03.2016.

Uzunhisarcıklı EM (2012). Aegilops L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 675–677.