Pagina 294 - Flora of the Southern Carnic Alps

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Plant with
subterrenean rhizomes
covered by scales.
Leaves 5-10 mm wide.
Inflorescence wide,
10-20 cm long, the
branches diverging at
90 degrees
Agrostis gigantea
Roth subsp.
gigantea
963
Plant with stolons
creeping on the
ground, not covered by
scales. Leaves 3-7 mm
wide. Inflorescence
contracted, 5-15 cm
long, the branches
almost erect
Agrostis
stolonifera L.
subsp. stolonifera
964
Inflorescence a simple
raceme, or a
contracted branched
raceme similar to a
spike
965
964
Inflorescence a wide,
more or less
pyramidal, branched
raceme
970
965
Spikelets with 2
flowers only, arranged
in poor, simple
racemes
Melica nutans L.
965
Spikelets with 3 or
more flowers,
arranged in dense or
branched racemes
966
966
Spikelets more or less
unilateral, gathered in
dense clusters, at least
the lower cluster with
a long peduncle.
Leaves hairless or
almost so
967