Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Vulpia // Species: Vulpia myuros (L.) C. C. Gmel.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Stace and Cotton in Tutin et al. (1980) and Cincović and Kojić in Josifović (1976).
Note: Cleistogamous species. Fully exerted anthers in some of the florets occasionally occur.
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Taiwan and Sri Lanka, Macaronesia to Arabian Peninsula and Tanzania according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accepted as Festuca myuros L.).
Habitat: Dry and open habitats – dry grassland/ hill pastures, clearings of forests, shrubland.
Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY JUN.
Vulpia myuros – habit. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – habit. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – habit. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – panicles. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – panicles. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – spikelets. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – spikelets. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – spikelets. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – spikelets. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – spikelets. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – spikelets. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – spikelets. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – spikelets. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – uppermost leaf and panicle axis. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – stems with leaves. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – stems with leaves. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – stems with leaves. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – leaves. Osogovo – village of Rajchani region, 28.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – panicle and uppermost leaves (left), stem and leaf (center) and spikelets (right). Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – spikelets (left and center). Scale in mm. Rounded callus of lemma under magnification (right). Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros – spikelet. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– habit. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– habit. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– inflorescences. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– inflorescences. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– inflorescences. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– inflorescence with spikelets. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– inflorescence with spikelets. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– inflorescence with spikelets. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– inflorescence with spikelets. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– stems with leaves. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– stem with leaves. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– stem with leaf. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– stem with leaf. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– stem with leaf. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– stem with leaf. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Vulpia myuros– spikelet. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 04.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Rod Vulpia Gmel. Cincović, T. and Kojić, M. in Josifović, M. (1976). Flora SR Srbije VIII. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, Beograd, pp. 117-138.
Vulpia C. C. Gmelin. Stace, C. A. and Cotton, R. 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, pp. 154-156.
