Calamagrostis varia, (Schrader) Host

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 : 239

12. C. varia (Schrader) Host , Gram. Austr. 4: 27 (1809)

( C. montana Host ).

Caespitose, with short rhizomes; stems 30-120 cm, rather slender, with 3 nodes, smooth. Leaves 10-25 cm x 4-9 mm, flat, rarely hairy at junction of sheath and lamina, the upper surface smooth, with scarcely raised veins; ligule 2-4 mm, obtuse, lacerate at apex. Panicle 5-20 cm, rather dense; branches weakly scabrid. Spikelets 4-6 mm, golden to reddish-brown. Glumes subequal, lanceolate, acuminate, more or less smooth and shining, smooth or sometimes weakly aculeolate on keel. Lemma 2-fid at apex; awn twisted and bent, up to l i times as long as lemma, arising from near base. Callus-hairs as long as lemma. Anthers with thecae separating at maturity; pollen viable. Open woods and mountain grassland; somewhat calcicole. C. & S. Europe; Gotland. Au fBe Co Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (W) Sa Su.