Melica uniflora, Retz.

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 : 178

3. M. uniflora Retz. , Obs. Bot. 1: 10 (1779).

Rhizomatous; stems 20-60 cm, slender, smooth. Leaves 3-7 mm wide, flat, puberulent above; sheaths deflexed-hairy or glabrous, with a bristle 1-4 mm at the mouth on the side opposite to the lamina; ligule very short. Panicle 6-22 cm, lax, sparingly branched; pedicels of lower spikelets mostly much longer than the spikelets. Spikelets 4-7 mm, erect, with 1 fertile floret. Glumes elliptical, subacute, rounded on the back, persistent. Lemma of fertile floret elliptical, obtuse, slightly shorter than the glumes. 2n= 18. Shady places. Europe, northwards to Scotland and S. W. Finland and eastwards to Moldavia. All except Az BI Cr Fa Is Rs (N, C, K, E) Sb.