Common name
English: Rabbit Tail Grass, Rabbit Tail Grass
German: Eiförmiger Hasenschwanz, Hasenschwänzchen
Portuguese: Rabo De Lebre
English: Rabbit Tail Grass, Rabbit Tail Grass
German: Eiförmiger Hasenschwanz, Hasenschwänzchen
Portuguese: Rabo De Lebre
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)
Class: Liliopsida (387)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Poaceae (72)(family description)
Genus: Lagurus (1)
Epithet: ovatus L. (1)
Synonym: Lagurus dalmaticus Gand.
dalmaticus => from Dalmatia, region of Croatia on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea
ovatus => oval, egg-shaped; elliptic, but broader at the base
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
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