Phalaris aquatica
Phalaris aquatica
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Perennial. Stems 50-120 cm, often bulbous at base. Leaf sheaths not inflated; ligule 3-7 mm; blades 3-8 mm broad. Panicle dense, cylindrical, 6-8 x 1-1.5 cm. Spikelets pedicellate. Glumes 6-7 mm, glabrous; wing rather narrow on upper 1/2-2/3 of keel, margins entire. Sterile lemmas 2, hairy, unequal; upper 1.5 mm, lower less than 0.5 mm. Fertile lemma 4 mm, adpressed-hairy. Anthers 3-3.5 mm. FI. 5-6. Damp soils, fallow fields, s.l.-830 m.
Mediterranean area, S.W. Asia, India, Australasia.
