Distribution Map

Vegetative Morphology
Plants	annual; tufted.
Culms	7-21(40) cm.
Ligules	1.4-2.3 mm, obtuse.
Blades	1-8 cm long, 1-3.5 mm wide.
Upper sheaths	usually inflated.
Reproductive Morphology
Panicles	2-4.3 cm long, 4-5.5 mm wide, dense.
Glumes	3-4.5 mm, connate for 1/2-4/5 of their length, keels winged, ciliate.
Lemmas	2.5-3.5 mm, connate at the base, glabrous.
Awns	3-6 mm, geniculate, exceeding the lemmas by 0-4 mm.
Anthers	1.2-2.5 mm.

Chromosome Number(s)

2n = unknown

Nativity / Range

Native to the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula.

Typical Habitat(s)

Marshes and wet places.

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Additional Notes

A. creticus was discovered on ballast dumps in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the nineteenth century; it does not appear to have persisted in the Flora region.

Name/Synonymy Publication Info

Alopecurus creticus Trin. in Sprengel, Neue Entd. 2:45 (1821). TYPE: Crete.

Alopecurus thracicus Penev & Ko?uharov, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28:187 (1968). TYPE: Bulgaria.

Treatment From

W.J. Crins. Alopecurus in Flora of North America, volume 24. In prep. Oxford University Press.

Vegetative Morphology