Sesleria albicans
{{Short description|Species of grass}}
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|image = Sesleria albicans 130408a.jpg
|image_caption = Sesleria albicans inflorescence
|genus = Sesleria
|species = albicans
|authority = Deyl.
}}
Sesleria albicans is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae which can be found throughout Europe.
Description
The species is perennial and caespitose with erect and slender culms that are {{convert|10|–|45|cm}} long. It have a ligule that goes around the ciliolate membrane and is {{convert|0.2|–|0.4|mm}} long. Leaf-blades are flat and are {{convert|10|–|25|cm}} long and {{convert|1.5|–|3|mm}} wide. The panicle is capitated, oblong, ovate and inflorescenced with a diameter being {{convert|1|–|3|cm}} by {{convert|0.5|–|0.7|cm}}. Spikelets are oblong, solitary, and are {{convert|4|–|7|mm}} long with pedicelled fertile ones. Sterile spikelets grow in pairs and carry 2–3 fertile florets. Both upper and lower glumes are {{convert|4|–|7|mm}} long and are also ovate, membranous, glaucous, with a single keel and vein, and with acuminated and muticous apexes. Fertile lemma is ovate, membranous, and is {{convert|4|–|6|mm}} long. Flowers have three stamens, two stigmas, and are hairy. The fruits have caryopses which have an additional pericarp, a hairy apex, and elliptic hilum.{{cite web|url= http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp09314.htm|author=W.D. Clayton|author2=M. Vorontsova|author3=K.T. Harman|author4=H. Williamson|name-list-style=amp|title=Sesleria albicans|publisher= GrassBase|work=The Board of Trustees and Royal Botanic Gardens|place=Kew|date=November 16, 2012|access-date=December 4, 2013}}