Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult., (crested hair-grass)


10 Jun 2005 at OSGR: ST95 in South Wilts, England

Record Summaryon slope, where people scramble down hill, on chalk downs grassland
Found asIn flower
Date10 June 2005
OS grid refOSGR: ST95
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 2° 0’ W
Vice CountySouth Wilts, VC no: 8
CountryEngland

Notes:

Ligule: a short, fimbriate membrane, slanting on top leaves, but symmetrical on lower leaf.

Auricles: yellow and slightly swollen.

Leaf: strongly ridged and shortly hairy above, smooth and shortly hairy on lower side, hairs longer on upper side towards edges, with 1,2 or or a few long hairs towards base.

Spikelets: 2-flowered, axis continuing shortly beyond 2nd flower.

Glumes: lower with 2 veins, upper with 1, green along centre, hyaline towards margin, purple tinged, shortly acuminate.

Lemmas: with three strong veins, but otherwise similar to glumes.

Paleas: hyaline, with two strong veins and two points.

Anthers: 3, 2mm long (still slightly immature)

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