Vulpia fasciculate, (Forskal) Samp.

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

5. V. fasciculate (Forskäl) Samp. , Lista Esp. Herb. Port. 24 (1913)

( V. membranacea auct., non (L.) Dumort., V. uniglumis (Aiton) Dumort. ).

Stems 8-50 cm, rigid, erect to decumbent. Inflorescence a rigid raceme or sparingly branched panicle 3-11 cm, with up to 6 spikelets at lower nodes, slightly exserted from to partly included in uppermost leaf-sheath; pedicels 3-7 mm, dilated distally, erect. Spikelets 10-18 mm (excluding awns), disarticulating below each fertile floret and at the base of the pedicel; proximal 2-5 florets fertile; distal 3-6 florets much smaller and sterile. Lower glume 0-1-2-6 mm, less than | as long as upper; upper glume 10-30 mm (including awn 3-12 mm). Lemma 8-18 mm, with an awn up totwice as long, glabrous or minutely scabrid; callus 0-5-0-8 mm, pointed, minutely antrorsely scabrid, less than | as long as rhachilla-segments. Anthers 1-3, 0-8-2 mm, slightly exserted at anthesis. Ovary pubescent at apex. 2n = 28. Maritime sands and other open, sandy habitats. Coasts of S. & W. Europe, northwards to 56° 30' in Scotland. Al BI BrCo Cr Ga Gr Hb Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu.