Species Holcus lanatus
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Holcus:
Gk. holkos = a kind of grain, barley, perhaps sorghum; Old Latin name for a barley, Hordeum murinum.
Etymology of lanatus:
From the Latin lanatus = woolly
Scientific name:
Holcus lanatus L.
Common names:
Velvet Grass
Fluweelgras
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Sp. Pl. 1048. (1753)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1753
Perennial to 1 m. Leaves linear-lanceolate, softly hairy. Spikelets in a panicle, pink and grey, upper glume awn to 1 mm. Oct.--Dec. Damp areas, SW, LB, SE (Eurasian weed).
Observations of Taxon
Holcus lanatus
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
06/12/2016 - 2:44pm
Collection:
Holcus lanatus
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
06/12/2016 - 2:44pm
Collection:
Holcus lanatus
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
06/12/2016 - 2:44pm
Collection: