Alopecurus aequalis
Alopecurus aequalis
Kınalı tilkikuyruğu
Annual or biennial. Stems 10-60 cm, ascending from geniculate or prostrate base, sometimes rooting at nodes. Leaf sheaths smooth, uppermost sometimes inflated; ligule to 5.5 mm, obtuse; blades 2-11 cm x 1-4 mm, linear, acuminate, rough on veins, glabrous beneath. Panicle 1.5-5 cm x 3-6 mm, narrowly cylindrical. Spikelets 1.9-2.7 mm, elliptic, obtuse. Glumes narrowly oblong, obtuse or rounded, with hyaline band on margins, ciliate. Lemma as long as or slightly longer than glumes, elliptic, obtuse, glabrous, connate for 1/3-1/2 of their length at base, usually with a straight awn; awn 0.7-1.4 mm when present, not or slightly exserted. Palea absent. Anthers 0.6-1 mm, yellow in early stage, orange at maturity. Fl. 6-8. Damp places, marshy waterside habitats, nr s.l. 2800 m.
N., C. & S. Europe, eastwards to C. Asia. Introduced in E. Asia and N. America. Euro-Sib. element.
