Poaceae

Slender meadow foxtail

Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Alopecurus

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Slender meadow foxtail (Alopecurus myosuroides) — FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (22)

Arabic: ثعلبية رفيعة
arz: ثعلبيه رفيعه
Bulgarian: Полска лисича опашка
Chinese: 大穗看麥娘, 大穗看麦娘
Croatian: Mišji repak
Czech: Psárka polní
Dutch: Duist
English: Slender meadow foxtail, Black-grass, Blackgrass
Esperanto: Kampalopekuro
Estonian: Põld-rebasesaba
Finnish: Rikkapuntarpää
French: Vulpin des champs
German: Acker-Fuchsschwanzgras, Acker-Fuchsschwanz, Ackerfuchsschwanz
hsb: Rólny liščak
Latvian: Peļastu lapsaste
Lithuanian: Pelinis pašiaušėlis
Norwegian Bokmål: Åkerrevehale
Persian: دمروباهی موشی
Polish: Wyczyniec polny
Slovenian: Njivski lisičji rep
Swedish: Renkavle
Welsh: Cynffonwellt du

Synonyms

Alopecurus adanensis Dogan
Alopecurus affinis Desv.
Alopecurus agrestis L.
Alopecurus agrestis var. decumbens Pauquy
Alopecurus agrestis var. geniculatus Koeler
Alopecurus agrestis var. lutescens Tinant
Alopecurus agrestis var. minimus Post
Alopecurus agrestis var. minor Gray
Alopecurus agrestis var. pulchellus Adamovic
Alopecurus agrestis var. purpurascens (Link) Nyman
Alopecurus agrestis var. scaber Lej.
Alopecurus agrestis var. segetalis Lej. & Courtois
Alopecurus agrestis var. tonsus C.I.Blanche ex Boiss.
Alopecurus agrestis var. versicolor Biasol.
Alopecurus agrestis var. viridis Kuntze
Alopecurus caerulescens C.Presl
Alopecurus coerulescens Steud. & Hochst.
Alopecurus creticus Willk.
Alopecurus creticus var. corcyrensis Halácsy
Alopecurus creticus var. submuticus Rohlena
Alopecurus myosuroides f. levis Pamp.
Alopecurus myosuroides subsp. tonsus (C.I.Blanche ex Boiss.) Dogan
Alopecurus myosuroides subvar. breviaristatus Asch. & Graebn.
Alopecurus myosuroides var. breviaristatus Asch. & Graebn.
Alopecurus myosuroides var. compositus Asch. & Graebn.
Alopecurus myosuroides var. latialatus Dogan
Alopecurus myosuroides var. minor Grossh.
Alopecurus myosuroides var. myosuroides
Alopecurus myosuroides var. salinus Grossh.
Alopecurus myosuroides var. tonsus (C.I.Blanche ex Boiss.) R.R.Mill
Alopecurus myosuroides var. versicolor (Biasol.) Roshev.
Alopecurus paniculatus Gueldenst. ex Griseb.
Alopecurus purpurascens Link
Alopecurus tonsus Dumort.
Phleum flavum Scop.
Tozzettia agrestis (L.) Bubani

Flowers

In flower: April to June (from 77 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Joss Carr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Анна Кириченко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Oliver Macdonald Maccheek, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kenraiz : Krzysztof Ziarnek, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Amelie Jorns, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.