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Helictotrichon sempervirens, the blue oat grass, is a species of flowering plant in the true grass family, Poaceae, native to central and southwest European grasslands. It is a bunchgrass often used as an ornamental grass in garden design and landscaping. The foliage is pale green with a hint of blue.
Helictotrichon, or alpine oatgrass, [2] is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. [3] [4] [5] [6] The genus name comes from the Greek heliktos ...
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Arrhenatherum elatius is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, commonly known as false oat-grass, [1] and also bulbous oat grass (subsp. bulbosum), [2] tall oat-grass, tall meadow oat, onion couch and tuber oat-grass.
Helictochloa pratensis, known as meadow oat-grass, [2] is a species of perennial flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, found in temperate parts of Europe and Asia. Its culms are erect and 30–85 cm long; leaves are mostly basal. It is restricted to shallow, calcareous soils such as those formed on chalk and limestone substrates. [3]
Oat-grasses are very common perennials with yellowish roots. The shining stems grow to a height of 1.80 m (6 ft), [8] but die off in winter. The leaves are hairless with blunt ligules. The inflorescence is a panicle with two-flowered bisexual spikelets. [9] Species [3] [10] Arrhenatherum album - tall oat-grass - Mediterranean from Portugal to ...
Avena is a genus of Eurasian and African plants [5] in the grass family. Collectively known as the oats, they include some species which have been cultivated for thousands of years as a food source for humans and livestock. [6] They are widespread throughout Europe, Asia and northwest Africa.
Themeda triandra is a species of C 4 perennial tussock-forming grass widespread in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Pacific. [2] In Australia it is commonly known as kangaroo grass [3] and in East Africa and South Africa it is known as red grass and red oat grass or as rooigras in Afrikaans.