Alopecurus pratensis

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Caespitose perennial. Stems 40-62 cm, erect to geniculately ascending from base, glabrous, smooth, 2-noded. Leaf sheaths smooth, uppermost sometimes scarcely inflated; ligule 0.5-1.5 mm , truncate; blades 1.5-8 cm x 2-4 mm, linear, acuminate, slightly scabrid on margins. Panicle 3.3-5.7 cm x 6-7 mm, cylindrical to ovoid, green to purplish. Spikelets 4.5-6 mm, lanceolate-oblong to elliptic. Glumes narrowly lanceolate, acute, parallel to convergent at apex, connate for 1/4 of their length, with fine hairs on sides and ciliate on keels. Lemma as long as glumes or slightly shorter, ovate to elliptic, acute, connate for 1/4 of their length, awned below middle; awn 7-8 mm. Palea absent. Anthers 3.5 mm. Fl. 6. Moist places in lowlands.

Eurasia, E. to Afghanistan. Introduced in E. Asia and N. America. Euro-Sib. element.