- Vulpia
Key to the species of Vulpia
1Lemma margins with cilia 0.5 mm long or more2 1Lemma margins glabrous, but often scabrous, the outgrowths never to 0.5 mm3 3Lemma with a pointed callus, more than 0.5 mm long; overall length of lemma (including awn) more than 25 mm; lower glume c. 1 (rarely to 2) mm long, less than one-tenth as long as long-awned upper glumeVulpia fasciculata 3Lemma with a rounded callus, less than 0.4 mm long; overall length of lemma mostly less than 25 mm; lower glume more than one-tenth as long as unawned or shortly awned upper glume4 4Lower glume 2.5–5 mm long, from one-half to three-quarters as long as upper glumeVulpia bromoides 4Lower glume 0.5–3 mm long, usually less than one-half as long as upper glume5 5Panicle usually fully exserted from uppermost leaf-sheath; lower glume from one-quarter to one-half as long as upper glumeVulpia muralis 5Panicle usually not fully exserted from uppermost leaf-sheath; lower glume from one-tenth to four-tenths (but mostly less than one-quarter) as long as upper glumeVulpia myuros → From: Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria. Vol. 2. Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
