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Melica ciliata

Melica ciliata

Ssp ciliata: Kirpikli inci; Ssp magnolii: Sahil inciotu; Ssp transsilvanica: Balkan incisi

Tufted or shortly rhizomatous perennial. Stems slender, 20-100 cm, uppermost internode usually much longer than the rest. Leaves glabrous or hairy; blades 1-4 mm broad, linear, flat or convolute; ligule 2-4 mm, lacerate. Panicle cylindrical or sometimes lobed, dense or interrupted, 4-20 cm. Spikelets 4-8 mm, with 1 fertile floret; lower glume ovate, acute, 3/4-4/5 x as long as ovateoblong, acute to acuminate upper glume. Lemma of fertile floret lanceolate, acute, 7-9-veined, only lateral veins long-ciliate, dorsal surface punctate-scabrid. Fl. 6-7.

1. Panicle dense, cylindrical, not secund; spikelets always silvery subsp., transsilvanica

1. Panicle dense to lax or interrupted, usually ± secund ; spikelets silvery, yellowish, greenish or purplish-tinged

2. Panicle laterally lobed or often interrupted, 12-20 x 2-4 cm; spikelets 7-8 mm, silvery or ivory; stems 50-100 cm, 2-2.5 mm broad near middle; sheaths and blades glabrous subsp. magnolii

2. Panicle slender and columnar, continuous, 4-10 x 0.4-1.2 cm; spikelets 4-6.5 mm, silvery, pale yellowish, greenish or purplish; stems 25-60 cm, 1-1.5 mm broad near middle; sheaths glabrous, pubescent or deflexed-pilose subsp, ciliata