| Tasmania has
four introduced species of Vulpia. These are slender,
more-or-less erect annual grasses. The leaves are narrow (<3mm wide)
and quite long (up to 18cm). The inflorescence is a narrow raceme or
panicle. The spikelets are quite narrow with long slender awns. They
have several flowers and the lower glume is much smaller than the
upper one. Vulpia myuros is rat's tail fescue. Vulpia
fasciculata is sand fescue. V. bromoides is silk grass. |
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