bristly dogtail grass

Cynosurus echinatus

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Cynosurus echinatus is a species of grass known by the common names bristly dogtail grass and hedgehog dogtail. It is native to southern Europe, and it is known in the Americas and Australia as an introduced species and sometimes a noxious weed. An herbicide-resistant strain can be found growing as a weed in canola and wheat fields in Chile. This is an annual grass growing 10 to 50 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a rounded or...

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  1. (c) Harry Rose, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/73840284@N04/7100862639/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynosurus_echinatus

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