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tufted foxtail

Habit Plants annual, 5–50 cm tall.
Culms

erect or decumbent.

Leaves

upper sheaths not or only slightly inflated;

blades 3–15 cm × 0.9– 3 mm; flat.

Inflorescences

dense; spike-like, 1–7 × 0.3–0.6 cm.

Glumes

2.1–3.3 mm, fused at the base, sparsely pubescent;

keels ciliate, not winged;

tips obtuse, pale green to pale yellow.

Lemmas

1.9–2.7 mm; lower 50% of margins fused, glabrous;

lemma awns 3–6.5 mm; bent, exceeding the lemmas by 1.5–4 mm.

Anthers

0.3–1 mm, yellow or orange.

2n

=14.

Alopecurus carolinianus

Distribution
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Discussion

Wet meadows and disturbed wet areas. 800–1700 m. BR, Col, Owy. CA, ID, WA; throughout US north into southwestern Canada. Exotic.

Morphologically, A. carolinianus is much like A. aequalis, but it is annual and more delicate, usually with shorter inflorescences and with conspicuous exserted awns.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 356
Barbara Wilson, Richard Brainerd, Nick Otting
Sibling taxa
A. aequalis, A. geniculatus, A. myosuroides, A. pratensis, A. saccatus
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