Determined according to the botanical key provided by Melderis in Tutin et al. (1980) as Elymus hispidus (Opiz) Melderis subsp. hispidus. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Valdés et al., 2009+) is Elytrigia intermedia(Host) Nevski.
Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Central Asia and Pakistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accepted as Thinopyrum intermedium subsp. intermedium).
Habitat: Open habitats – hill pastures.
Flowering period: Early summer: JUN.
Elytrigia intermedia – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – adaxial side of leaf lamina. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – abaxial side of leaf lamina. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – abaxial side of leaf lamina. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – abaxial side of leaf lamina. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – leaf sheath. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – leaf sheath. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – habit. Specimen from Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, collected 07.06.2025. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – inflorecence. Specimen from Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, collected 07.06.2025. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – spikelets. Specimen from Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, collected 07.06.2025. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – Left: spikelets. Scale in mm. Center: spikelet structure. Right: glumes. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, collected 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Elytrigia intermedia – A and B: stem and leaf with ligule; C: leaf lamina; D: leaf sheath. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, collected 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Elytrigia intermedia. Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009+): Poaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/fedfc970-b168-4f23-bd77-62f50a55b63c [Accessed 25.06.2022].
