Family |
Poaceae
Anthoxanthum odoratum
L.
Anthoxanthum odoratum L.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 1, Pl. XVII nº 5; 1966)
Life-form & habit: Densely tufted perennial grass with erect glabrous culms 10–50 cm tall.
Leaves: Sheaths glabrous or villous; ligule 1–3 mm, membranous, truncate and lacerate; blade green, flat, usually hairy at the base.
Inflorescence & flowers: Panicle ovoid to oblong-lanceolate, 1–5 cm, spiciform. Glumes unequal (lower 3.5 mm, upper 7 mm), glabrous or somewhat scabrous with hairs on nerves. Two lower florets sterile, each about 3 mm, brownish hairy, bearing a geniculate awn—often exserted in the upper floret. Fertile floret ca. 2 mm, glabrous, obtuse, awnless. Style and stigmas about 1 mm.
Fruit: Caryopsis enclosed in the glumes.
Phenology: Flowers from March to June.
Habitat & elevation: Wooded areas on sandstone or non-calcareous soil.
Lebanese distribution: Mi. Qrayé, Helaliyé, Beit Méri, ‘Araya, Broummana, Bikfaya, Mayrouba; Mm. Falougha, Jouar near Falougha, pass between Machghara and Jezzine.
Syrian distribution: NLatt. Froulok, Kizil Dagh.
Native range: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia. (KEW)
Introduced into: Alabama, Alaska, Aleutian Is., Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arkansas, Assam, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Georgia, Greenland, Haiti, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Jamaica, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kentucky, Kerguelen, Kermadec Is., Korea, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Macquarie Is., Madagascar, Maine, Marquesas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Réunion, Sakhalin, South Australia, South Carolina, South Georgia, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin. (KEW)