This section is from the book "British Wild Flowers - In Their Natural Haunts Vol2-4", by A. R. Horwood. Also available from Amazon: A British Wild Flowers In Their Natural Haunts.


Photo. H. Irving - Squirrel Tail Grass (Hordeum maritimum, L.)
Essential Specific Characters: 337. Cynosurus echinatus, L. - Stem erect, flowers in dense raceme, the awns as long as the palea, with bristly bracts.
 
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