Citation: P. Beauv., Agrost. 21 (1812).

Derivation: Diminitive of Greek gaster, abdomen; spikelets swollen at the base.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Tufted annual grasses; leaf blade flat; ligule hyaline.

Inflorescence a spike-like panicle; spikelets 1-flowered, compressed laterally, swollen and globular .at the base; glumes persistent, unequal, keeled, acute, cartilaginous and shining on the swollen base, much longer than the membranous truncate lemma; rhachilla prolonged behind the palea as a plumose bristle; glumes and lemma awned or awnless.

Distribution:  2 species from Europe and North Africa.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available