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Mediterranean beardgrass

Habit Plants annual, (5)20–40 cm tall.
Leaves

sheaths glabrous; the uppermost sheaths sometimes inflated;

ligules to 7 mm;

blades (1)3–9(14)cm × 0.5–5 mm.

Inflorescences

narrowly ellipsoid, sometimes lobed; (1)2– 8(15)cm;

pedicels to 0.5 mm;

stipes 0.1–1.2 mm.

Glumes

1.8– 8.2 mm, ciliate, with large hairs or protrusions in the lower half;

tips lobed;

lobes 0.3–1.2 mm; about 17% as long as the glume body, awned;

glume awns 4–10 mm; yellowish.

Lemmas

0.5– 1.5 mm, glabrous, awned or awnless;

lemma awns 0–1 mm.

Anthers

0.4–0.5 mm.

2n

=14, 42.

Polypogon maritimus

Distribution
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Discussion

Disturbed wet sites, streamsides. 100–300m. Sisk. CA, NV; FL, GA, SC; Eurasia. Exotic.

This rare or overlooked introduction has lobed, ciliate glumes that look almost spiny near the base.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 470
Barbara Wilson, Richard Brainerd, Nick Otting
Sibling taxa
P. australis, P. fugax, P. interruptus, P. monspeliensis, P. viridis
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