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Henrardia persica (Boiss.) C.E. Hubbard in Blumea, Suppl. 3:17. 1946. Sultan & Stewart, Grasses W. Pak. 2:319. 1959; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 673. 1960; Bor in Towns., Guest & Al-Rawi, Fl. Iraq 9:238. 1968; Bor in Rech.f., Fl. Iran. 70:149. 1970; Tzvelev, Poaceae URSS 203. 1976.
Lepturus persicus Boiss.
Tufted annual; culms up to 30 cm high, erect or geniculately ascending. Leaf-blades 2-8 cm long, 1.5-4 mm wide, densely but minutely hairy, sometimes glabrous below. Spike straight or slightly curved, 6-16 cm long, rhachis internodes covered with short retrorse hairs or glabrous. Spikelets 7-10 mm long; glumes rigid, pubescent or glabrous; lemmas 7- mm long; anthers 1.5-2.2 mm long.
Fl. & Fr. Per.: April-May.
Type: Iran, Aucher 2914(K).
Distribution: Pakistan (Baluchistan); Turkey eastwards to Turkmenistan and Tian Shan.
Two varieties are commonly recognised, var. persica with hairy spikes and var. glaberrima (Hausskn. ex Bornm.) C.E. Hubbard, 1.c. 19, with glabrous spikes.
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