Vulpia ciliata
Vulpia ciliata
Kirpikliçim
Subsp. ciliata
Stems 3-45 cm, usually erect. Leaf sheaths smooth. Ligules truncate, extremely short. Inflorescence a sparingly branched, erect or sometimes slightly nodding panicle or raceme, 3-20 cm, usually partly included in uppermost sheath; pedicels 0.2-2 mm. Spikelets 7-10.5 mm ; proximal 1-3 florets hermaphrodite, distal 2-7 florets sterile, often with longer and broader lemmas with shorter awns. Upper glume 1.5-4 mm, acute, but apex often breaking off and appearing truncate or obtuse; lower glume 0.1-1 mm, lessthan 1/4 x upper. Lemma of hermaphrodite florets 5-6.5 mm , finely 3-veined or with 2 extra short veins, usually pubescent on dorsal midline and sparsely ciliate, rarely glabrous or scabrid; awn usually 1-2 x lemma; lemma of sterile florets to 8 mm , usually densely ciliate, sometimes ±glabrous; callus c. 0.1 mm, rounded, glabrous. Stamens 1; anthers 0.4-0.6 mm, included at anthesis. Ovary glabrous. Fl. 4-8. Roadsides, limestone and shaley slopes, disturbed steppe, dry banks, phrygana, Quercus scrub, s.l.-1400 m.
W. Europe, Mediterranean area, Crimea, Caucasia, S.W. & C. Asia.
