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Lagurus (Poaceae) 4b:281  
Lagurus ovatus (Hare's Tail) is a moderately common weed mainly of sandy coastal areas. The inflorescence is a dense, soft textured, spike-like panicle. The spikelets have a single flower, the glumes are large (~10mm long), softly hairy, with a slender bristle at the end. The lemmas also have two bristles and a slender, twisted and bent awn about 10-15mm long.
 

 
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