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Agropyron lavrenkoanum Prokud. - Lavrenko.s Wheatgrass.

Synonym:

Agropyron cristatum subsp. sabulosum Lavr.

Taxonomic position.

Family Poaceae Benth. genus Agropyron Gaertn.

Morphology and biology.

Perennial grass. Stems 30-75 cm tall, bulb-like thickened at base, densely wrapped with old dead sheaths. Leaves narrow-linear, setaceously convolute, less often flat, 1-3(4) mm wide, glabrous or more or less hairy; sheaths of upper leaves mainly hairy. Spikes ovate-linear, narrowed toward apex, pectinate, 3.5-6.5(8.5) cm long, 10-18(20) mm wide. Spikelets 7-12(13) mm long, 3-7(8)-flowered; glumes abruptly narrowed into scabrous awn 2-4(5) mm long, sometimes ciliate at keel; lemma 4-7 mmlong, glabrous, less often slightly hairy, with scabrous awn 2-5 mm long. Anthers 3-4 mm long. Flowers in June - July. Anemophilous. 2n=14.

Distribution.

Southern and southeastern regions of the European part of the former USSR.

Ecology.

Riverine and partly seaside sands, sandy river terraces and sandy steppes.

Use and economic value.

Forage grass.

References:

Shelyag-Sosonko YuR., ed. Grasses of Ukraine. 1977. Kiev: Naukova Dumka. 518 p. (In Russian).
Tzvelev NN. 1976. Grasses of the Soviet Union. Leningrad: Nauka. 788 p. (In Russian).

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