Agrostis capillaris

Karahasanotu

Perennial, with short rhizomes at base, bearing more than 3 scale leaves. Stems 8-58 cm, erect to geniculately ascending, smooth. Leaf sheaths smooth; ligule 0.6-2 mm, truncate, ligules of non-flowering shoots broader than long; blades 2-13 cm x 1-2.5 mm, linear, acute, flat or involute. Panicle 2-15 x 2-4 cm, oblong to pyramidal, open, very lax; branches to 7 cm, patent, usually smooth, somewhat aculeolate; pedicels 1-3 mm, clavate, smooth. Spikelets 1.5-2.5 mm, lanceolate to oblong, purplish-brown to greenish. Glumes lanceolate, acute, equal to subequal, slightly aculeolate on keel. Lemma 1.5-1.8 mm, ovate-elliptic, usually awnless, sometimes with a short dorsal awn; callus shortly hairy. Palea 1/2-2/3 as long as lemma. Anthers 1-1.5 mm. Fl. 6-8. Forest margins, dry pastures, alpine slopes, 200-2800 m.

1-Lemma without an awn var. capillaris

1-Lemma with a dorsal awn var. aristata

N. Africa, Europe, Caucasia eastwards to Afghanistan. Introduced in N. America. Euro-Sib. element.