Poaceae

E. hispidus (Opiz) Melderis in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76:380(1978).
Perennial with often long-creeping rhizomes. Stems 40-80 cm, usually glabrous, sometimes densely and minutely pubescent on nodes. Leaves 2-6 mm broad, usually flat, glaucous-green, closely and rather prominently veined, with conspicuous marginal veins, scabrid, often also sparsely long-pilose on upper surface, usually glabrous beneath; sheaths usually long-ciliate. Spike 10-20 cm, erect, rather dense to lax; rachis spinulose-ciliate on main angles. Spikelets with 4-6 florets, compressed laterally. Glumes 5-8.5 mm, subequal, oblong or lanceolate-oblong, usually 5-veined, scabrid on keel towards apex, usually obtuse or obliquely truncate to truncate, with small triangular point or mucro at apex, sometimes subacute. Lemma 8-11 mm, keeled at apex, usually obtuse or mucronate. Palea ciliate on keels.
1. Spikelets glabrous subsp. hispidus
1. Spikelets pubescent
  2. Glumes usually glabrous; lemmas ciliate along margins subsp. podpyerae
  2. Glumes and lemmas ± densely pilose
   3. Lemmas obtuse or mucronate subsp. barbulatus
   3. Lemma With awn to 8 mm; glumes usually subacute subsp. pulcherrimus
subsp. hispidus. Syn: Triticum glaucum Desf., Cat. Hort. Paris ed. 1:16 (1804) nom. nud.; T. intermedium Host, Gram. Austr. 3:23, t. 22 (1805)! sub T. jun-ceum, non Elymus intermedius Bieb. (1808); Agropyron intermedium (Host) P. Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 102 & 146 (1812)! T. glaucum Desf. ex DC. in Lam. & DC, Fl. Fr. ed. 3, 5:28 (1815) non Honckeny (1782); A. glaucum (Desf. ex DC.) Roemer& Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2:752 (1817) non Elymus glaucus Buckl. (1863); A. hispidum Opiz in Bercht. & Seidl, Ökon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. 1:413 (1836)! A. validum Opiz, loc. cit. (1836)! A. laevifolium Opiz, op. cit. 414 (1836)! Triticum truncatum Walk, in Linnaea 14:544 (1840); T. latronum Godron in Mem. Soc. Emuls. Doub. ser. 2,5:19(1854)! A. latronum (Godron) Cand. in Arch. Biol. Veg. Athenes 1:55 (1901)! Elytrigia intermedia (Host) Nevski in Acta Inst. Bot. Acad. Sci. URSS ser. 1, 1:14 (1933)! Map 40. Fl. 6-7. Scree below cliffs, shaley limestone slopes, arid places, field margins, 1400-2300 m.
Type: [Czechoslovakia] um Prag, Opiz [413] (holo. PR!). N.W. Turkey, N., Inner & S. Anatolia. A1(E) Çanakkale: Gelibolu, Sirjaev. A2(E) Istanbul: Yedikule, 17 vi 1900, Azn.! A2(A) Istanbul: Maltepe, Azn.! A4 Ankara: 3 km S. of Kizilcahamam, Cornelius 921! B2 Kütahya: nr Caraja (Karaca), Warburg & Endlich 676. B6 Maraş: d. Göksun, Binboğa Da., above Yalak, 2200-2300 m, D. 20141! B7 Erzincan: Erzincan to Aşkale, 2.2 km N.E. of Çınar, at road to Aşkale, 1570 m, Bothmer & Buttler 1620! B8 Erz-um: 20 km from Varto to Hinis, 1900 m, D. 46248! B9 Bitlis: Nemrut Da., 2300 m, D. 23515! Cl Izmir: N. of Kuşadası, 5-30 m, Sorger 67-43-4! C4 Içel: Taurus (Toros Da.), Kotschy 1836:536a! C5 Içel: Gülek Tepe, 1895/6, Siehe!
C. Europe, Mediterranean area, C. & S. Russia, Caucasia, Iran, N. Iraq; C. Asia, W. Pakistan.