Citation: Trin., Fund. Agrost. 131 (1820).

Derivation: Greek pholis, scale of a snake; oura, tail; alluding to the overlapping glumes.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Glabrous annuals; leaf blade flat.

Inflorescence a slender not-articulated spike; spikelets articulated at the base, 2-flowered, sessile, solitary, distichous and half-embedded in the alternate notches in the rhachis of the spike; glumes 2, nearly opposite, stiff, 5-nerved, closing the cavity in the rhachis; lemma shorter than the glumes, hyaline, with the lateral nerves extending to the apex; each spikelet falling off entire, leaving the rhachis entire.

Distribution:  Monotypic genus from south-east Europe.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available