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Sclerochloa dura (Linn.) P. Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 98, 177, t.19/4. 1812. Boiss., Fl. Or. 5:635. 1884; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 7:335. 1896; Sultan & Stewart, Grasses W. Pak. 2:208. 1959; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 563. 1960; Bor in Towns., Guest & Al-Rawi, Fl. Iraq 9: 104. 1968; Bor in Rech.f., Fl. Iran. 70:19. 1970; Tzvelev, Poaceae URSS 513. 1976; Stace in Tutin et al., Fl. Fur. 5:170. 1980.
Cynosurus durus Linn.
Tufted annual; culms up to 16 cm high, procumbent to erect. Leaf-blades 1.5-7 cm long, 2-4 mm wide, glabrous, scaberulous on the margins. Inflorescence 1-4 cm long, rigid, ± secund; pedicels stout, up to 1 mm long. Spikelets 6-10 mm long, narrowly oblong, crowded, glumes somewhat asymmetrical, glabrous, oblong-ovate, with broad hyaline margins, the lower 2-3 mm long, obtuse to emarginate, (1-)3(-5)-nerved; the upper 3.5-5 mm long, rounded to emarginate, (5-)7-9-nerved; lowest lemma 4.8-6 mm long, the upper much shorter, glabrous, rounded to emarginate, sometimes very shortly mucronate.
Fl. & Fr. Per.: April-May.
Type locality: southern Europe.
Distribution: Pakistan (N.W.F.P. & Kashmir); Mediterranean region, southern USSR and the Middle East.
1000-1700 m.
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