Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Melica// Species: Melica uniflora Retz.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).

Distribution: Native from Europe to Mediterranean and Caucasus according to the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Habitat: Shady places.

Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Spring.

Melica uniflora - habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Melica uniflora - habit. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Melica uniflora - panicle. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Melica uniflora - panicle. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Melica uniflora - panicle with spikelets. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Melica uniflora - spikelets. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Melica uniflora - lower part of plant with leaves. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Melica uniflora - leaves. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Melica uniflora - leaves and leaf sheaths. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Melica uniflora - leaf sheath and ligule. Gorge of "Kochanska" River, 08.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Melica uniflora Retz. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:408184-1 [Accessed 28.08.2021].