Alopecurus myosuroides, Slender Meadow Foxtail - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Slender meadow foxtail, black grass, twitch grass, black twitch

Botanical name & synonyms: Alopecurus myosuroides, Alopecurus adanensis, Alopecurus affinis, Alopecurus agrestis, Alopecurus caerulescens, Alopecurus coerulescens, Alopecurus creticus, Alopecurus paniculatus, Alopecurus purpurascens, Alopecurus tonsus, Phleum flavum, Tozzettia agrestis

Family: Gramineae, true grasses (Poaceae)

• native to temperate Eurasia

• annual
  

• 15 to 80cm
  

• flower VI to VII

• plant community: ruderal

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 2,5 gram