Lagurus ovatus
Lagurus ovatus
Tavşankuyruğu
Annual. Stems 8-60 cm, erect to ascending from base, simple or branched, slender, ± pubescent. Leaf sheaths pubescent, uppermost ones inflated; ligule to 4 mm, obtuse to truncate, ± lacerate, villous; blades 1.4-17 cm x 2-10 mm, linear-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, pubescent. Panicle 1-2 x 1-1.7 cm. Spikelets 6-9 mm . Glumes narrowly linear, terminating in an aristate point, persistent, villous on back. Lemma 3-4 mm , lanceolate, with long apical setae to 4 mm. Awn 10-17 mm, geniculate and twisted in lower half, slightly scabridulous. Palea 3-4 mm, oblong. Anthers 1-2 mm. Fl. 4-6. Sandy soils, s.l.-50 m.
Mainly Mediterranean area but extending N. to Britain and occurring in Crimea and Transcaspia. Medit. element.