Avellinia michelii, (Savi) Pari.

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. A. michelii (Savi) Pari. , Pl. Nov. 61 (1842)

( Koeleria michelii (Savi) Cosson & Durieu , Vulpia michelii (Savi) Reichenb. ).

Stems 7-30 cm, usually numerous, erect or geniculate-ascending, retrorsely puberulent. Leaves up to 5 cm, mostly near the base of the stem, puberulent; sheaths puberulent; ligules less than 1 mm, truncate, hairy on the abaxial surface. Panicle 2-7 cm. Spikelets 3-5 mm. Lower glume c. | as long as upper, linear-lanceolate with subulate apex, the upper lanceolate, mucronate. Lemma linear-lanceolate. Anthers c. 0-5 mm. Dry, open habitats, usually near the sed. Mediterranean region, Portugal. BI Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si.

A. tenuicula (Boiss. & Reuter) Nyman , Consp. 815 (1882) ( Vulpia tenuicula Boiss. & Reuter ) is said to be like 1 but dwarf, the spikelets with subequal glumes and the lemma of the lower floret scarcely awned. It appears to have been collected once only, in C. Spain (near Aranjuez), and requires further investigation.