Melica ciliata

#427 They called me Melica ciliata, also known as Melica magnolii, Melica ciliata f. pappii, and Melica ciliata subsp. magnolii. I pay homage to the male botanists Pierre Magnol, and Papp (I couldn’t find his records). They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, North Caucasus, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Xinjiang, and Yugoslavia.