Alopecurus japonicus Steud.

Vulpin des champs (fr), Queue-de-renard (fr), Vulpin fausse ratoncule (fr), Vulpin faux myosurus (fr), Fausse queue de souris (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Alopecurus

Characteristics

Annual, tufted, often forming large clump. Culms erect or geniculately ascending, sometimes branching from lower nodes, 25–50 cm tall, 3–4-noded. Leaf sheaths lax, smooth, glabrous, upper sheaths inflated; leaf blades soft, glaucous, 3–12 cm, 3–7 mm wide, abaxial surface smooth, adaxial surface scaberulous; ligule 2–5 mm. Panicle cylindrical, 3–10 cm, yellow-green. Spikelets ovate-oblong, 4.8–7 mm; glumes herbaceous, smooth, keels wingless, stiffly ciliate, lateral veins pubescent near base or glabrous, margins connate only at extreme base, apices subacute; lemma slightly longer than glumes, herbaceous, margins connate in lower 2/5, awned from near base, apex subacute; awn exserted 5–8 mm from spikelet, weakly geniculate, column not twisted. Anthers white, ca. 1 mm. Fl. and fr. Feb–May.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Images

Alopecurus japonicus unspecified picture

Distribution

Alopecurus japonicus world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:387115-1
WFO ID wfo-0000845586
COL ID C553
BDTFX ID 3451
INPN ID 81640
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Alopecurus japonicus Alopecurus malacostachyus Alopecuropsis japonica