Festuca dalmatica, (Hackel) K. Richter

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 : 152

163. F. dalmatica (Hackel) K. Richter , Pl. Eur. 1: 95 (1890).

Stems 30-58 cm. Leaves (O-4-)O-5-O-85 mm wide, strongly scabrid, usually pruinose; veins 5-7; sclerenchyma-strands 3, stout, often with 2 small strands alternating; ribs 3; sheaths closed at the base, glabrous or weakly scabrid. Panicles 5-12 cm, rather dense, the branches shortly hairy. Spikelets 7-8-8(-10- 5) mm, with 4-6 florets, pruinose. Upper glume 4-6-4-9(-6-5) x 1 -3- l-6(-l-8)mm, oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate. Lemma 5-3- 6-5(-7-8) x 1 -6-2T mm, oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, glabrous or cibate; awn more than ł as long as lemma. 2n = 28. • From Hungary to N. Greece. Bu Gr Hu Ju.