Photo © John Birks |
Uncommon where fresh water flows across coastal sand or shingle. Stems to 70 cm tall. Spikelets c 2.5-5 mm long. Ligule c 2-8 mm long. Skye ID: Inflorescence branches are in half-whorls on alternating sides of the main stem. Other features: Our plants are probably all subspecies uniflora and have 1-2 florets per spikelet. Upper glume about half as long as lemmas, lower glume about half length of upper. Glumes almost as broad as tall (when straightened out). Spreads by above-ground stolons, rooting at the nodes. Leaves broad, not tapering until near the tip. |
