Arrhenatherum

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Arrhenantherum, commonly called Oat or Button grass, is a genus with 7 species and subspecies from the grass family Poaceae. It grows in Europe and the Mediterranean. Wild forms resemble Wild Oat (Avena) or Fescue (Festuca )

Oat-grass is a very common perennial with yellowish roots. The shining stems grow to a height of 1.50 m, but die off in winter. The leaves are hairless with blunt ligules. The inflorescence spreads into a panicle with 2-flowered bisexual spikelets.

Species

• Arrhenatherum album : Tall Oat-grass
• Arrhenatherum elatius : False Oat-grass, Tall Oat-grass, Tall Meadow Oat
  • Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum : Onion Couch, Tuber Oat-grass
  • Arrhenatherum elatius var. elatius  : False Oat-grass, French Rye, Meadow Oat-grass
• Arrhenatherum kotschyii
• Arrhenatherum longifolium
• Arrhennatherum palaestinum

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