Triplachne nitens, (Guss.) Link

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 : 232

1. T. nitens (Guss.) Link , Hort. Berol. 2: 241 (1833).

Stems 5-20(-30) cm, geniculate-ascending, usually branched below. Leaves 1—2(—5) cm x 2-3 mm, long-acute, scabrid; sheaths somewhat inflated; nodes blackish; ligule up to 3 mm, obtuse, scabrid. Panicle 1-5 cm. Spikelets 3-5-4 mm. Glumes lanceolate, acute, shiny, scabrid on the keel. Lemma 1-3-1-5 mm, ovate, denticulate at apex, with long appressed hairs; awn c. 4 mm, dark brown below, hyaline above; apical setae about as long as lemma. Anthers c. 0-5 mm. Sandy and rocky places near the sea. S. half of Iberian peninsula; islands of Mediterranean region. BI Cr Gr Hs Lu Si.