Poaceae

C. epigejos (L.) Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 1:34 (1788). Syn: Arundo epigejos L., Sp. Pl. 81 (1753)! Ic: Lowe, Nat. Hist. Brit. Grasses t. 15, A (1891);Hub-bard, Grasses ed. 2:284 (1968). Map 66.
Caespitose perennial, with creeping rhizomes. Stems 60-100(-200) cm, erect, rather stout, smooth and glabrous. Leaf sheaths smooth; ligule 4-10(-12) mm, membranous, becoming lacerate; blades 11-40 cm x 4-9 mm, linear, acuminate, flat, glabrous, scabrid on margins, closely veined. Panicle 8-30 x 1.5-6 cm, lanceolate-oblong, dense; branches to 11 cm, aculeolate, patent. Spikelets 5-6(-7) mm, densely clustered, purplish-brown or green. Glumes ± equal, lanceolate, acuminate; lower 1-veined, upper 3-veined. Lemma c. 1/2 as long as glumes, membranous, 3-veined, bifid, with a dorsal or subterminal awn (c. 1-2.5 mm); callus hairs much exceeding lemma. Palea to 2/3 as long as lemma. Anthers 1.6-2.2 mm. Fl. 6-7. Water meadows, mountain slopes, Pinus forests, 465-3050 m.
Described from Europe (Hb. Linn. 97/11!).
Turkey-in-Europe, N.W., W. & E. Anatolia. A1 (E) Tekirdağ: Saray to Midye, T. Baytop (İSTE 11830)! A2(E) Istanbul: Paşa bahçe to Polonezköy, 19 viii S.E. France, C. Italy, C. Europe, Balkans, C. & S. Russia, Caucasia, Iran, Iraq, Transcaspia, Turkestan, Siberia, E. Asia. Euro-Sib, element.