Sesleria doerfleri
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Sesleria doerfleri is a species from the genus of blue grasses ( Sesleria ) withinthe sweet grass family (Poaceae).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Sesleria doerfleri is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 50 to 70 centimeters. It forms clumps. The leaf sheaths are bare. The edge of the 3 to 5.5 millimeter wide leaves is rough at the piercing tip.
Generative characteristics
The flowering period extends from March to May. The spikelets are in a very dense panicle , which is 25 to 30 millimeters long and about 15 millimeters wide. The spikelets contain two to five flowers. The glumes are 6 millimeters in size and gradually narrow into a 2 to 4 millimeter long awn . The lemma is 4.5 to 5.5 millimeters in size and silky. The middle awn is up to 5 millimeters in size, the side 2 to 3 millimeters. The palea has an awn 2 to 3 millimeters long and is longer than the lemma.
ecology
In Sesleria doerfleri is a Horst-hemicryptophytes .
Occurrence
Sesleria doerfleri is endemic to Crete in the prefectures of Chania and Rethymnon. The species grows on shady rock walls at altitudes of 100 to 1300 meters.
supporting documents
- Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 383 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zacharias Kypriotakis, Nicholas J. Turland: Sesleria doerfleri Hayek . In: Dimitrios Phitos, Arne Strid, Sven Snogerup, Werner Greuter (eds.): The Red Data Book of rare and threatened plants of Greece . WWF, Athens 1995, ISBN 960-7506-04-9 , pp. 460-461 .