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Vulpia myuros, the annual fescue, [1] or rat's-tail fescue, [2] is an annual flowering plant in grass family Poaceae. It was probably originally native to Eurasia, but it can now be found nearly worldwide as a naturalized species. In the United Kingdom it forms dense, even swards of fine, hair-like stems in recently disturbed habitats.
Like other hover flies, they are common visitors to flowers, [11] especially in late summer and autumn, and can be significant pollinators. They often feed on the flowers of carrot and fennel. Under extremely rare conditions, there have been documented cases of human intestinal myiasis of the rat-tailed maggot (larva of Eristalis tenax).
Commelina forskaolii, sometimes known as rat's ear, is an herbaceous plant in the dayflower family native to much of Africa, Arabia, and India. It has also been introduced to Florida in the United States. It is considered a common species in most of its range. It can be easily recognized by its bright blue flowers with winged stamen filaments.
Stachytarpheta cayennensis is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by many English language common names, including blue snakeweed, Cayenne snakeweed, dark-blue snakeweed, bluetop, nettle-leaf porterweed, rattail, rough-leaf false vervain, [2] blue rat's tail, Brazilian tea, Cayenne vervain, false verbena, joee, nettleleaf velvetberry, [3] and Cayenne porterweed. [4]
The larvae are aquatic filter-feeders of the rat-tailed type. E. cryptarum has a wide distribution across central and Northern Europe and East to Siberia and Mongolia. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In England, it was once found in all southwestern counties as far east as the New Forest , but since the middle of the 20th century its range has contracted, for ...
The approximately 20 stronger central spines are 5 to 10 millimeters long. The plant requires water during the summer and to be kept dry in the winter. It reproduces by seeds and cuttings. [4] It has salmon-pink flowers in spring and summer that are 4 to 6 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long and 5 centimetres (2 in) in diameter ...
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Babiana ringens, the rat's tail, is a flowering plant endemic to Cape Province of South Africa. [1] The foliage is long and erect with an inflorescence consisting of a sterile main stalk adapted for ornithophily, pollination by birds. The plant bears bright red, tubular flowers on side branches close to the ground.