Alopecurus geniculatus
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Alopecurus geniculatus is a species of grass
known by the common name water foxtail or Marsh foxtail.
It is native to much of Eurasia and North America, where it grows in moist areas. This is a perennial grass forming bunches of erect stems up to about 60 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves are 8 to 12 centimeters in maximum length. The inflorescence
is a dense panicle
up to 6 or 7 centimeters long which blooms in dusty yellow-orange anthers
.
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
known by the common name water foxtail or Marsh foxtail.
It is native to much of Eurasia and North America, where it grows in moist areas. This is a perennial grass forming bunches of erect stems up to about 60 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves are 8 to 12 centimeters in maximum length. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
is a dense panicle
Panicle
A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate flowers attached along the secondary branches; in other words, a branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes....
up to 6 or 7 centimeters long which blooms in dusty yellow-orange anthers
Stamen
The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...
.