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Family: Poaceae
Holcus lanatus

Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 1048 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Yorkshire fog.

Description:
Erect to 1 m, softly villous perennial; leaves flat, soft, with a truncate torn ligule; panicle 8-15 cm long, 2-3 cm broad, ovoid-oblong, pubescent, varying from light-pink to violet.

Spikelets crowded; glumes 4-5 mm long, boat-shaped, downy, enclosing the flowers, the second obtuse, mucronate; lemmas rather smaller, the male one with a short dorsal awn.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 110; Burbidge (1968) Australian grasses 2:pl. 25.

Distribution:  Occurs in wet localities in settled districts.

S.Aust.: GT, EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   All States except the N.T.   Native to the temperate areas of Europe, Asia and North Africa.

Conservation status: naturalised

Flowering time: can occur throughout the year, but usually Aug. — Dec.


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