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Catapodium rigidum

Fern-grass
Catapodium rigidum
Feár raithní
Family: Poaceae

Flowering May - September. Annual. Native.

Rigid, +/- flattened flowerheads with many-flowered, purplish spikelets. Narrow, hairless, often purple-tinged leaves with short blunt ligules. Stiff, erect growth, height 5-20cm.

Can be locally frequent on dry grassland, rocks, walls and banks.

Similar: Sea Fern-grass, Catapodium marinum


     



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