Poa bulbosa
Poa bulbosa
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Perennial, densely caespitose ; basal sheaths swollen, forming a bulb. Stems 20-55 cm, smooth, terete, leafy mainly at base. Ligules 1-2 mm, acute to rounded, hyaline. Leaf blades 0.5-1.5 mm broad, ± tightly involute. Panicle 2.5-7 cm, ± compact , ovoid; branches scabrid, 2-4 at lowest nodes. Spikelets often proliferous, 6-20 cm when so, otherwise 3.5-5 mm. Glumes ovate, subequal. Lemma hairy on keel and marginal veins, ± lanate or not at base. Palea keels scabrid. Anthers 1.4-1.6 mm. Fl. 5-7. Steppe, dry grassland, rocky slopes, macchie, phrygana, cliffs, s.l.-3000 m.
W., C. & S. Europe, N. Africa, S.W. & C. Asia; introduced into N. America.
