Vulpia

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

Sect. Monachne Dumort .

Annual. Florets cleistogamous or the anthers just exserted at anthesis; anthers 1-3, 0-5-2 mm. Inflorescence a panicle, rarely sub-racemose. Spikelets disarticulating below each fertile floret or additionally at the base of the pedicel; pedicels dilated distally; spikelets with a distinct apical group of small, sterile florets.