Vulpia muralis
Vulpia muralis
Pis kirpikliçim
Stems 10-60 cm, usually erect. Leaf sheaths smooth. Ligules truncate or jagged, to 1 mm. Inflorescence a sparingly branched, usually erect panicle or rarely a raceme, 3-15 cm, usually well exserted from uppermost sheath; pedicels 0.5-3.5 mm. Spikelets 5-10 mm ; most florets hermaphrodite; distal 0-2 florets gradually reduced, male or sterile. Upper glume 4-8 mm : lower glume 1-3 mm, 1/4-1/2 x upper. Lemma 4-7 mm , usually 0.8-1.3 mm broad, finely 5-veined, glabrous to scabrid or rarely pubescent; awn usually 2-3 x lemma; callus c. 0.2 mm, rounded, glabrous. Stamens 1; anthers 0.3-0.7 mm, usually included at anthesis. Ovary glabrous. Fl. 4-6. Fields, roadsides, rough ground.
Mediterranean area. Medit. element.