Phalaris canariensis

Kuşyemi

Annual. Stems 30-60 cm. Upper leaf sheaths inflated; ligule 3-5 mm. Leaf blades 3-8 mm. Panicle ovate to oblong, 2-3 x 1-1.5 cm. Spikelets shortly pedicellate. Glumes 7-8 mm, glabrous or scarcely hairy; wing oblique, margins entire. Sterile lemmas 2, equal, 3-3.5 mm, adpressed-hairy. Fertile lemma 5-6 mm, adpressed-hairy. Anthers 3 mm. Caryopsis 4 mm. 2n = 12. Fl. 5-7. Roadsides, fields, vineyards, s.l.-c. 1000 m.

Mediterranean area, Caucasia, Adventive in nearly all countries of the temperate zone. Medit. element.