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Vulpia myuros

rattail fescue, rattail six-weeks grass
Habit Simple or tufted annual 3-4 dm. tall, the culms glabrous and hollow, mostly concealed by the numerous leaves.
Leaves

Sheaths open, glabrous;

leaf blades about 1 mm. broad, usually folded, glabrous beneath and puberulent above;

auricles lacking;

ligules membranous, erose, 0.2-0.6 mm. long.
Flowers

Inflorescence a very narrow, elongate panicle 10-20 cm. long;

spikelets 4- to 6-flowered, articulating above the glumes;

glumes very narrowly lanceolate, unequal, the first about 1.5 mm. long, 1-nerved, the second 3-5 mm. long, 3-nerved;

lemmas glabrous, about 5.5 mm. long, with a terminal awn 10-15 mm. long;

stamens usually 1.
Fruits

Utricle

Vulpia myuros
Flowering time April-June
Habitat Balds, open slopes, grasslands, roadsides, wastelots, and other disturbed open areas
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin Introduced from Europe
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
V. bromoides, V. microstachys, V. octoflora
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