Brachypodium distachyon (L.) P. Beauv.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Brachypodium// Species: Brachypodium distachyon (L.) P. Beauv.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).

Distribution: Native from South Europe and Ukraine to India and Southwest China (Tibet); Western Sahara; Egypt to Ethiopia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Open habitats- grasslands, pastures, rocky terrains.

Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.

Brachypodium distachyon – habitat. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – stem with leaf and ligule. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – stem with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – inflorescences. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – spikelet. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – spikelets. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium distachyon – stems with leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Brachypodium distachyon (L.) P.Beauv. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:393098-1 [Accessed 03.07.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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