Stipa fontanesii, Pari.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 251

33. S. fontanesii Pari. , Fl. Ital. 1: 167 (1850)

( S. lagascae auct., non Roemer & Schultes).

Stems 45-80 cm. Leaves convolute, 0-4-0-9 mm in diameter, glabrous except for the apex of the ribs on the adaxial surface, smooth; sheaths of the upper leaves about as long as the internodes, glabrous or puberulent above; ligule of basal leaves 0-5- 1 mm, of upper leaves 3-7(-10) mm, cibate. Panicle c. 25 cm, with few spikelets. Glumes c. 30 mm. Lemma 13—14(—16) mm, none of the lines ofhairs reaching the base of the awn but with a ring ofhairs at the apex; awn (12—)15—19(—20) cm, the column with subappressed hairs 0-4 mm on the back and sides, the arista with hairs 0-2 mm. Anthers penicillate at apex. 5. Italy and Sicilia; Aegean region.?Cr Gr It Si.