Alopecurus pratensis L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Poaceae

• Scientific Name

  Alopecurus pratensis L.

• Description

  Species Description - Perennial 4–8 dm, erect or decumbent at base; infl 2–8 cm × 5–10 mm, scarcely tapering; glumes acute or subacuminate, connate one-fourth their length, 4–5.5 mm, the keel narrowly winged, conspicuously ciliate, especially above the middle, with hairs 1–1.5 mm; awn attached below midlength of the lemma, geniculate near the top of the lemma and exserted 2.3–6.5 mm; anthers 2.2–3.5 mm; 2n=28, 42. Native of Eurasia, naturalized in moist meadows, fields, and waste places nearly throughout our range, and westward.

• Common Names

  meadow-foxtail