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Holcus lanatus

Yorkshire Fog
Holcus lanatus
Féar an chinn bháin
Family: Poaceae

Flowering: June-July. Perennial. Native.

Dense feathery flower-heads, branched, pyramidal.
Pinkish or greenish-white 2-flowered spikelets. Upper flower
has short awn, hooked at tip, not protruding past glumes.
Soft pale-green leaves, lower sheaths veined reddish-purple.
Downy stems and leaves. Densely tufted stems, 30-70cm.

Abundant, roadsides, waste ground, fields, gardens.

Similar: Creeping Soft-grass, H. mollis


     


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