Gray Hairgrass

Corynephorus canescens

"Corynephorus canescens" is a species of plants in the grass family, native to Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa but widely naturalized in North America. In the United Kingdom it is rare. It can be found at sites such as Wangford Warren and Carr, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Breckland area of Suffolk.
Corynephorus canescens Corynephorus canescens,Geotagged,Germany,Langeoog,Summer

Appearance

It has panicles which are 1.5–8 centimetres long and 0.5–1.5 centimetres wide. Its pedicels are 1–3 millimetres in length while the leaf blades are 2–6 centimetres long and 0.3–0.5 millimetres wide. Both the upper and lower glumes are shiny, lanceolate, and membranous. The lemma have a dorsal awn and dentate apex with obscure lateral veins. Its fertile lemma is ovate, keelless, membranous and is 1.8–2.2 millimetres long. The floret callus is hairy with rhachilla internodes being pilose. The flowers have three stamens which are 1.2–1.6 millimetres long.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusCorynephorus
SpeciesC. canescens
Photographed in
Germany