Common name
English: Hairy melic
German: Wimper-Perlgras
Mandarin: 小穗臭草 (xiao sui chou cao)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Poaceae (73)(family description)
Genus: Melica (1)
Epithet: ciliata L. (2)
Synonyms: Arundo ciliata (L.) Clairv., Beckeria ciliata Bernh., Beckeria montana Bernh., Claudia ciliata (L.) Opiz, Dalucum ciliatum Bubani, Melica balansae Boiss. & Bal., Melica caespitosa Schur, Melica chrysolepis Klokov, Melica cretica Boiss. & Heldr., Melica cristata Trin., Melica flavescens (Schur) Simonk., Melica glauca F.W.Schultz, Melica lutescens Lojac., Melica magnolii Godr., Melica micrantha Boiss. & Hohen., Melica monticola Prokudin, Melica nebrodensis Parl., Melica pubescens Desv., Melica simulans Klokov, Melica taurica K.Koch, Melica typhina Boreau, Verinea pterostachys Merino
balansae => in honor of Benedict Balansa (1825-1891), french botanist and explorer
caespitosa => growing in dense tufts
ciliata => fringed, as with eyelashes
cretica => from the island of Crete in the Mediterranean
cristata => comb-like, crested
flavescens => yellowish
glauca => greyish or bluish
lutescens => yellowish
magnolii => in honor of Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), French botanist
micrantha => bearing minute flowers
montana => growing in the mountains
monticola => growing in the mountains
nebrodensis => from Mount Nebrodi, Sicily, Italy
pubescens => downy, slightly hairy
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green, beige
External links
Check for Melica ciliata at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1271] Melica ciliata - GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora