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Polypogon monspeliensis

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Species of grass

Polypogon monspeliensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Polypogon
Species: P. monspeliensis
Binomial name
Polypogon monspeliensis
(L.) Desf.

Polypogon monspeliensis, commonly known as annual beard-grass or annual rabbitsfoot grass, is a species of grass. It is native to the Old World, but it can be found today throughout the world as an introduced species and sometimes a noxious weed. It is an annual grass growing to heights between 5 centimeters and one meter. The soft, fluffy inflorescence is a dense, greenish, plumelike panicle, sometimes divided into lobes. The spikelets have long, thin, whitish awns, which give the inflorescence its texture.

References

  1. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. NRCS. "Polypogon monspeliensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 12 October 2015.

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Taxon identifiers
Polypogon monspeliensis
Alopecurus monspeliensis


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