Poaceae

S. hohenackeriana Trin. & Rupr., Sp. Gram. Stip. 80 (1842). Figure 25.
Tufted perennial. Stems 30-80 cm, ± pubescent. Leaf sheaths glabrous, or lower puberulent. Ligulesto 5 mm. Leaf blades setaceous, grey-green, sharply scabrid or scabridulous beneath, hairy above. Panicle contracted, rather dense, usually enveloped by upper sheath. Glumes subequal, long-acuminate, 25-40 mm. Lemma with naked callus, 9-15 mm, uniformly hairy below, above middle with rows of hairs not reaching apex. Awn 10-18 cm, bi-geniculate, column scabrid, bristle arcuate, plumose, hairs c. 2 mm. Fl. 4-6. Open steppe, stony slopes, 300-2400 m.
1. Column of awn glabrous in upper part var. hohenackeriana
1. Column of awn hairy in upper part var. assyriaca
var. assyriaca (Hand.-Mazz.) H. Scholz, comb. et stat. nov. Syn: S. assyriaca Hand.-Mazz. in Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien 28:26 (1914)! S. iraquensis Martin-ovsk? in Preslia 42:375 (1970)! Map 104.
Type: [Iraq] südl. von Kalaat Schergat (Assur) am Tigris, 200-300 m, 10 v 1910, Handel-Mazzetti 1062 (holo. W!).
C. Anatolia; rare. B4 Konya: Aksaray to Konya, nr Topraklı Köyü, 1030 m, K.&E. Buttler 20015!
Distribution imperfectly known. Ir.-Tur. element.