Description
Annual Beard Grass is an erect grass up to 3 ft tall. Leaves are hairless but slightly rough, flat, up to 20 cm long and 8 mm wide. Flower-head is a soft, cigar-shaped, dense panicle from 2-15 cm long and 1-3.5 cm wide, pale yellow-green with a silvery tinge to yellowish-brown with maturity. Annual Beard Grass is native to S. Europe, Asia and Africa. It is also found in the Himalayas.
- Habit: Grass
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