Anisantha rigida (Roth) Hyl.

Spice Glumes detail

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Anisantha

Sinònims: Bromus rigidus Roth Bromus diandrus Roth subsp. maximus (Desf.) Rothm. & P. Pilva

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Castelló. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Cultivated fields, path and road sides.

Characteristics: Graminea with large awned spikelets that hang from the branches of the inflorescence. The entrie plant may take on a reddish colour. Differs from the characteristic subspecies by its dense and erect panicle, instead of lax and hanging, and the number of branches of the lower panicle are fewer (1 - 3) and shorter, spiklete size is also reduced.