Koeleria splendens, C. Presi

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 : 219

8. K. splendens C. Presi , Cyper. Gram. Sic. 34 (1820)

( K. bivestita Schur , K. dasyphylla Willk. , K. subaristata (Panćić) Domin ).

Densely caespitose, forming large compact tufts with short, intravaginal creeping rhizomes. Stems 20-45 cm, somewhat bulbous at the base. Leaves of non-flowering shoots 3—5(—12) cm x c. 1 (-2) mm, flat to convolute, glaucous, scabrid above, pubescent or glabrous beneath, ciliate at the margin, the veins and margins whitish; sheaths persistent, inflated, pubescent and ciliate at the margin or glabrous. Panicle 30-80 x c. 12 mm, ovate-oblong, robust, dense, sometimes interrupted below, with a puberulent rhachis. Spikelets (4-)6-8 mm, shortly pedicellate. Glumes unequal, acuminate to shortly aristate, glabrous to densely pubescent above. Lemma acuminate to shortly aristate, usually glabrous. 2zz= 28. Dry habitats; usually calcicole. S. Europe. Al?Au Bu Co Ga Gr Hs It Ju Rm Rs (W, K) Sa Si Tu.