Poaceae

A. myosuroides Hudson, Fl. Angl. 1:23 (Jan.-Jun. 1762).
Annual. Rhizomes fibrous. Stems 10-100 cm, erect, somewhat geniculately ascending from base, densely or loosely tufted, sometimes solitary. Leaf sheaths smooth, glabrous,uppermost somewhat inflated; ligule 2-5 mm, obtuse; blades 1.5-23 cm x 2-8 mm, linear, acuminate, glabrous. Panicle 2-10 cm x3-6 mm, narrowly cylindrical, tapering towards apex. Spikelets 4-6 mm, oblong to lanceolate-oblong, green to purplish. Glumes narrowly oblong, acute, connate for 1/3-1/2 of their length, shortly hairy at base. Lemma equalling glumes or slightly longer, elliptic, ovate, obtuse, margins connate for 1/3-1/2 of their length, awned just above base, or sometimes awn ± absent; awn (when present) to 12 mm. Palea absent. Anthers 2.5-4 mm. Fl. 3-8. Deciduous forest, water meadows, cultivated fields, roadsides and ditches, on sandy and saline soil, nr S.I.-1850 m.
1. Awn 8-12 mm, exserted from glumes by 5-6 mm var. myosuroides
1. Awn not exserted from glumes, or absent
2. Wing of glumes almost as long as glumes, covering entire keel, 1 mm or more broad var. latialatus
2. Wing of glumes very short, only in upper part of glumes, to 0.5 mm broad var. tonsus
var. myosuroides. Syn: A. agrestis L., Sp. PL ed. 2:89 (Sept. 1762). Ic: Hub-bard, Grasses ed. 2:326 (1968); Fl. Iraq 9: t. 102 (1968). Map 75.
Type: [England] in arvis, et ad vias, Hudson (holo. destroyed). Widespread. A1(E) Kirklareli: 5 km S. of Kirklareli, 100 m, D. 41977! A1(A) Çanakkale: Renkoei (Erenköy), Sint. 1883:83! A2(E) Istanbul: Büyük-dere, 6 v 1900, Azn.! A2(A) Kocaeli: 'Koum-bachi' (Kumbaşi), 4 vi 1899, Azn.! A3 Kocaeli: Saraçoğlu motel on N. coast of Sapanca G., 40 m, Kuk-konen 5341! A4 Ankara: Mithat plain on road to Istanbul, .A. Baytop (ISTE 9189)! A5 Yozgat: 22.4 km from Çekerek to Alaca, 900 m, Coode & Jones 1637! A6 Tokat: Yeşilirmak valley, Çetik 46! A7 Trabzon: 1 km N. of Ham-siköy, 1200 m, Kukkonen 8120(!). A8 Gümüşane: Çoruh valley, N. of Bay-burt, 1500 m, D. 31994! Bl Balikesir: 10 km from Balikesir to Bigadiç, nr Mecidiyaköy, A. Baytop (ISTE 9868)! B3 Bilecik: Inönü, A. Baytop (ISTE 9337)! B4 Ankara: Polatli, nr Temelli köy, Kasapligil (ANK 478)! B5 Kay-seri: 26 km from Soysalli to Incesu, A. Baytop (ISTE 20321a)! B6 Sivas: Yildizeli, 1370 m, A. Baytop (ISTE 40904)! B7 Diyarbakir: Ergani, 6 v 1971, M. Zel! B8 Erzurum: Ilica to Tercan nr turning to Aşkale, 1850 m, D. 30885! B9 Van: Erciş, 1700 m, D. 44132! C2 Burdur: Gölhisar, W. of Gölhisar G., 1000 m, Seçmen & Leblebici 2612 (EGE 16362)! C3 Antalya: Antalya, iii 1845, Heldr.! C4 Konya: Karaman, 1100 m, Doğan 197! C5 Adana: 8 km S. of Adana towards Karataş, nr s.l, Coode & Jones 236! C6 Hatay: Kirikhan, 200 m, D. 27286! C7 Urfa: 15 km from Urfa to Hilvan, 600 m, D. 28207! C8 Diyarbakir: 8 km from Diyarbakir to Cinar, 650 m, D. 28767! C9 Siirt: above Şirnak, 1450 m, D. 42612! Is: Lesvos, Cand.
Eurasia, N. Africa. Euro-Sib, element.