Triplachne nitens
Triplachne nitens
Yerkuyruğu
Annual. Stems 4-25 cm, erect or geniculately ascending from base, usually with 4 nodes. Leaf sheaths somewhat inflated; ligule to 3 mm, obtuse; blades 1-7 cm x 1-3.5 mm, linear, acute, scabrid. Panicle 1-5 x 0.5-1.3 cm, cylindrical to ovoid, sometimes elliptic; pedicels 0.8-3.5 mm, slightly scabrid. Spikelets 3.5-4 mm. Glumes lanceolate, acute, subventricose, scabrid on keel; lower 3.1-3.5 mm, upper 3.7-4 mm. Lemma 1.2-1.5 mm, ovate, denticulate at apex, villous on dorsal side; awn 3.3-4 mm, brown and twisted in lower half, hyaline in upper half; apical setae c. as long as lemma; callus shortly hairy. Anthers 0.5-0.7 mm. Fl. 5. Sandy soil nr sea, s.l.
Mediterranean area. Medit. element.
