Brachypodium firmifolium explained

Brachypodium firmifolium is a yellowish or glaucous-green perennial grass with slender erect or decumbent culms up to 45 cm high. Flowering: June–July.^[1]

Habitat

Igneous mountainsides, usually in damp shaded grounds by streams and cataracts, sometimes in open forest or meadows at 1000–1700 m altitude.

Distribution

Endemic to Cyprus, locally common in the Troödos area.

External links and further reading

• Web site: Brachypodium firmifolium H.Lindb. — The Plant List. theplantlist.org. 2014-08-26.
• 20371341. On the Identity of Brachypodium firmifolium (Poaceae) from Cyprus. Willdenowia. 37. 1. 215–220. Scholz. Hildemar. 2007. 10.3372/wi.37.37111 .
• Web site: Brachypodium firmifolium H.Lindb.. e-monocot.org. 2014-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20140826160754/http://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:399914. 2014-08-26. dead.

Notes and References

1. Cyprus Flora in Colour the Endemics, V. Pantelas, T. Papachristophorou, P. Christodoulou, July 1993,