| Meadow Foxtail |
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| File size | 189881 |
| Original date | 6/17/14 9:23 AM |
| Resolution | 680 x 510 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 6.8mm |
| Exposure time | 1/500s |
| Aperture | 7.1 |
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| Metering Mode | Spot |
| Camera make | Panasonic |
| Camera model | DMC-FZ18 |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Alopecurus pratensis Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Tozzettia pratensis, Alopecurus laxiflorus, Alopecurus pallidus
Synonyms: Tozzettia pratensis, Alopecurus laxiflorus, Alopecurus pallidus
Meadow Foxtail is a perennial, loosely clustered grass
with stems erect, slightly geniculate at base, up to 1 m tall,
35-noded. Leaf sheaths are loose, smooth, slightly inflated; leaf
blades 5-25 cm, 3-10 mm wide, lower surface smooth, upper surface
scaberulous; ligule 2-4 mm. Flowers are borne in cylindrical panicles,
3-8 cm, gray-green. Spikelets are elliptic, 4-6 mm; glumes herbaceous,
smooth, keels stiffly fringed with hairs. Awns protrude 3-6 mm from
spikelet, weakly geniculate, column not twisted. Anthers are yellow,
2-3.5 mm. Meadow Foxtail is found in mountain meadows, forest margins,
river valleys, at altitudes of 1500-2500 m, in Europe to Siberia,
Mongolia and W. Himalaya. Flowering: April-June.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Lahaul valley, Himachal Pradesh. |
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