Stipa parviflora, Desf.

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

38. S. parviflora Desf. , Fl. Atl. 1: 98 (1798).

Stems up to 70 cm. Leaves flat or involute, glabrous and smooth on the abaxial surface, with minute hairs on the ribs on the adaxial surface; sheaths smooth, cibate on the margin and densely bearded at the mouth; ligule short, truncate. Panicle up to 30 cm, lax, with numerous spikelets. Glumes unequal, the lower 12-15 mm, the upper 7-10 mm. Lemma 4-7 mm, appressed-hairy below, glabrous above; awn 5-10 cm, obscurely geniculate , minutely hairy throughout. 2« = 28. C., E. & S.E. Spain, S. France. Ga Hs.

Reports of this species from Greece and Kriti require confirmation.