''Koeleria glauca'', commonly known as blue hair grass,
is a grass species of the genus ''
Koeleria
''Koeleria'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found on all continents except Antarctica and on various oceanic islands. It includes species known generally as Junegrasses.
The genus was named after German botanist ...
''. It grows in dunes and other sandy places. It is mainly distributed in eastern
Central Europe
Central Europe is an area of Europe between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, based on a common historical, social and cultural identity. The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) between Catholicism and Protestantism significantly shaped the area' ...
, with its western outposts in the coastal dunes of
Jutland
Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...
and inland dunes in the
Rhine Valley
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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.
Description
The plants foliage is bluish-grey in colour and is in height. Flowers bloom from May to July and can be high.
References
External links
*Flora Europae
*Nordic virtual flor
Pooideae
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