Vulpia sicula, (C. Presi)

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 : 155

1. V. sicula (C. Presi) Link , Hort. Berol. 2: 272 (1833)

(inch V. setacea Pari. ).

Densely caespitose perennial up to 70 cm. Inflorescence a diffuse or somewhatcontracted panicle 5-13 cm; branches erect or patent; pedicels 1-2-5 mm. Spikelets 65-9-5 mm (excluding awns). Lower glume 1 -5-3-5 mm, | - | as long as upper; upper glume 5-5-10-5 mm (including awn up to 1 mm). Lemma 4-5-7 mm (excluding awn), glabrousto pubescent; callus c. 0-2 mm, rounded. 2« = 14. Pastures. Mediterranean region, from S.E. France to Sicilia. Co Ga It Sa Si.

Two varieties can be recognized: var. setacea (Pari.) Hackel ( V. setacea Pari. ), with taller, laxer habit, longer inflorescences, spikelets and floral parts, andupper glume exceeding (not shorter than) the adjacent lemma, and var. sicula , which is confined in Europe to Sardegna and Sicilia.