Stipa capillata, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 251

31. S. capillata L. , Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 116 (1762).

Stems 20-70(-100) cm. Leaves convolute, the abaxial surface glabrous but usually tuberculate-scabrid, the adaxial surface with hairs c. 0-6 mm; sheaths much longer than the internodes, smooth; liguleof basal leaves 1—2(—3) mm, of upper leaves 15-20 mm. Panicle lax, with many spikelets. Glumes 25-35 mm, long-attenuate. Lemma 10—12(—14) mm, the ventral line of hairs reaching the base of the awn, the other lines shorter; awn 12—18(—23) cm, scabrid. 2« = 44. S., S. C. & S.E. Europe. Al Au Bu Cr Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Sa Si Tu.