Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Ssp asper: Eğri kılçık; Ssp crinitum: Kılçık arpası
Stems 5-50 cm, glabrous, Leaf blades 2-5 mm broad, flat, convolute when dry, glabrous or scabrid, sparsely pilose on veins above and on margins, glabrous beneath. Spike 2.5-5 cm . Glumes 2-3.5 cm , erect, ascending from near base, or ± spreading or reflexed. Lemma glabrous or scabrid.
1. Glumes ± spreading at maturity, slender; lemma 6-8 mm, awn 4-7 cm, slender, 0.3-0.5 mm broad at base, flexuous or arcuate subsp. asper
1. Glumes erect or slightly ascending near base at maturity, rather robust; lemma 8.5-12 mm, awn 7-11 cm, robust, 0.6-1.2 mm broad at base, somewhat recurved subsp. crinitum