Vulpia unilateralis, (L.) Stace

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12. V. unilateralis (L.) Stace , Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 76: 350 (1978)

( Triticum unilaterale L. , Festuca maritima L. , Nardurus maritimus (L.) Murb. , N. unilateralis (L.) Boiss. , N. tenuiflorus (Schrader) Boiss. , N. tenellus Reichenb. ex Godron ; inch N. montanus Boiss. & Reuter , N. krausei (Regel) V. Kręcz. & Bobrov ).

Stems 3-45 cm, usually erect. Inflorescence a rather rigid, secund raceme 1-16 cm, sometimes with short branches at lower nodes; pedicels 0-7-1-6 mm, usually erect. Spikelets 4-8 mm (excluding awns). Lower glume 1-5-3-5 mm, as long as upper; upper glume 3-5 mm. Lemma 3-5 mm, usually with an awn about as long or longer, sometimes more or less unawned, finely 5-veined, glabrous to pubescent; callus c. 0-1 mm, rounded, glabrous. Ovary glabrous. 2n=14. Dry, open habitats. S. & W. Europe, northwards to 52° 45' N. in C. England. Be Br Bu Co Ga He Hs It Ju |L u Sa Rs (K).