Phleum bertolonii DC. Smaller Cat's-tail

Phleum bertolonii DC. - Smaller Cat's-tail

Scientific Description:

Caespitose perennial. Stems 15−70 cm, erect or geniculately ascending from base, glabrous, smooth, 3−5-noded, lowest node rather thickened. Leaf sheaths smooth; ligule 1.5−2.5 mm, obtuse; blades 2−16 cm × 1.5−2.5 mm, linear, acuminate, glabrous, slightly scabridulous on margins. Panicle 1−6 cm × 3−5 mm, cylindrical. Spikelets 1.9−2.5(−2.7) mm (incl. aristate points), oblong, truncate. Glumes oblong, broadly hyaline on margins, cliate on keel; aristate points 0.2−0.5 mm; lower glume softly hairy on margins; upper glume glabrous on margins. Lemma 0.7−1.8 mm, truncate-denticulate. Palea ± equalling lemma. Anthers 1−2 mm.

 

Flowering time: May−July.

Habitat: Sandy soil, roadsides, fields, 30−1500 m.

 

Reference:

Doğan M (1985). Phleum bertolonii DC., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 9: 391.

Public Description:

Phleum bertolonii, commonly known as “smaller cat’s-tail”, grows naturally in Western and Central Europe, the Mediterranean region, Southern Russia, the Crimea, the Caucasus and northern Iran. It is a perennial herb and grows up to 70 cm in length. It blooms between May and July and is found in sandy soil, roadsides and fields.

 

References:

Anonymous (2016). https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Species/28395/,Accessed date: 30.03.2016.

Cabi E, Doğan M (2012). Phleum 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. 737–739

 

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