Family:
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus:
Koeleria Pers.
Species:
Koeleria pyramidata (Lam.) P.Beauv.

Koeleria pyramidata subsp. pyramidata

This subspecies is accepted, and its native range is Europe to Siberia and Nepal.

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Morphology General Habit
Perennial; caespitose; clumped loosely. Rhizomes short. Basal innovations extravaginal. Culms erect; 35-72 cm long; 1.5-2 mm diam. Lateral branches lacking. Leaves mostly basal. Leaf-sheaths 4-13 cm long; puberulous; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1.5 mm long; entire, or erose; obtuse. Leaf-blades convolute; 4.5-16 cm long; 1-2.5 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous, or pilose. Leaf-blade margins scaberulous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle contracted, or spiciform; linear; interrupted; 5-8.5 cm long; 1-1.2 cm wide. Panicle axis pubescent. Panicle branches pubescent. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 5-7 mm long; 2.5 mm wide; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
Fertile
Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 5-7 mm long; 2.5 mm wide; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
Glumes persistent; similar; shorter than spikelet; similar to fertile lemma in texture; shiny; gaping. Lower glume lanceolate; 5.4 mm long; membranous; much thinner on margins; 1-keeled. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume ovate; 6 mm long; 1 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; with hyaline margins; 1-keeled. Upper glume apex acute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Fertile lemma oblong; 6 mm long; membranous; much thinner on margins; shiny; keeled; 5 -veined. Lemma surface puberulous. Lemma apex acute. Palea gaping; 5 mm long; 1 length of lemma. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Anthers 3; 2.5 mm long.
Distribution
Europe: southwestern.
Reference
Aveneae. Ujhelyi 2003.

Doubtfully present in:

Albania

Native to:

Afghanistan, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Sweden

Koeleria pyramidata subsp. pyramidata appears in other Kew resources:

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0