Ammophila

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes elongated. Culms erect, or geniculately ascending; 50–85–120 cm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades stiff (2), or firm (1). Leaf-blade apex muticous (2), or pungent (1).

INFLORESCENCE Inflorescence a panicle.

Panicle spiciform.

Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.

FERTILE SPIKELETS Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; with a barren rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 10–12.08–16 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus bearded.

GLUMES Glumes persistent; reaching apex of florets (1), or exceeding apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma (1), or similar to fertile lemma in texture (2). Lower glume lanceolate; 0.9–0.95–1 length of upper glume; chartaceous; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume surface asperulous; without pits. Lower glume apex acute (2), or acuminate (1). Upper glume lanceolate; 1–1.166–1.3 length of adjacent fertile lemma; chartaceous; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Upper glume surface asperulous. Upper glume apex acute (2), or acuminate (1).

FLORETS Fertile lemma lanceolate; chartaceous (2), or coriaceous (1); keeled; wingless; 5 -veined, or 6–7 -veined (1). Lemma surface asperulous (1), or scaberulous (2); unwrinkled; without grooves. Lemma apex entire (2), or dentate (1); 2 -fid (1/1); acute (2/2); muticous (2), or mucronate (1). Principal lemma awn subapical (1/1). Palea 0.9–0.9333–1 length of lemma; 2–4 -veined. Palea keels approximate; smooth (2), or scaberulous (1).

FLOWER Anthers 3. Ovary glabrous.

FRUIT Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; obovoid (1/1). Hilum linear; 0.8 length of caryopsis.

DISTRIBUTION Europe (1), or Africa (1), or Temperate Asia (1), or Australasia (1), or Pacific (1), or North America, or South America (1), or Antarctica (1).

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