Poaceae
Meadow foxtail
Alopecurus pratensis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Alopecurus
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Common names
By language (32)
- Arabic
- ثعلبية المروج
- arz
- ثعلبية المروج
- Azerbaijani
- Çəmən tülküquyruğu
- Bulgarian
- Ливадна лисича опашка
- Catalan
- Cua de rabosa, Cua de guilla
- Chinese
- 原野看麥娘, 大看麦娘, 狐尾草, 大看麥娘, 草原看麦娘
- Czech
- Psárka luční
- Dutch
- Grote vossenstaart, Beemdvossenstaart, Grote vossestaart
- English
- Meadow foxtail
- Esperanto
- Pratalopekuro
- Estonian
- Aas-rebasesaba
- Finnish
- Nurmipuntarpää
- French
- Vulpin des prés
- German
- Wiesen-Fuchsschwanz, Wiesenfuchsschwanz, Wiesen-Fuchsschwanzgras
- hsb
- Łučny liščak
- Hungarian
- Réti ecsetpázsit
- Icelandic
- Háliðagras
- kab
- Tidqacest
- kw
- Lostwelsen an mes
- Latvian
- Pļavas lapsaste
- Lithuanian
- Pievinis pašiaušėlis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Engrevehale
- Persian
- دمروباهی چمنزاری
- Polish
- Wyczyniec łąkowy, Alopecturus pratensis
- Romanian
- Coada vulpii, Coada-vulpii
- Russian
- Лисохвост луговой
- Serbian
- Лисичји реп
- Slovenian
- Travniški lisičji rep
- Swedish
- Ängskavle
- Turkish
- Çayır tilkikuyruğu
- Ukrainian
- Китник лучний
- Welsh
- Cynffonwellt y maes
Synonyms
- Alopecurus alpestris Wahlenb. ex Steud.
- Alopecurus caudicans Salzm. ex Ball
- Alopecurus eu-pratensis var. obscurus (Griseb.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Alopecurus pratensis f. obscurus (Griseb.) Şerb. & Nyár.
- Alopecurus pratensis f. pratensis
- Alopecurus pratensis var. glaucus Sond.
- Alopecurus sericeus Gaertn.
- Tozzettia pratensis (L.) Savi
- Tozzettia vulgaris Bubani
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 624 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: David Lazarus, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kai Löhr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Владимир Дворкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ben Deed, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeffrey Lee (he/him/his), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Crap Fou, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.