Poaceae
Rendle's meadow foxtail
Alopecurus rendlei
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Alopecurus
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- ثعلبية رندل
- Bulgarian
- Мехуреста лисича опашка
- Dutch
- Blaasvossenstaart
- English
- Rendle's meadow foxtail
- Finnish
- Rakkopuntarpää
- German
- Aufgeblasener Fuchsschwanz
- Slovenian
- Napihnjeni lisičji rep
- Swedish
- Pöskavle
Synonyms
- Alopecurus utriculatus (L.) Pers.
- Alopecurus utriculatus var. brachyatherus Bornm.
- Alopecurus utriculatus var. inermis Grognot
- Panicum flexuosum Muhl. ex Scribn. & Merr.
- Panicum pumilum Raf.
- Panicum rafinesquianum Schult.
- Phalaris ariculata Dicks. ex Roem. & Usteri
- Phalaris utricularis Salisb.
- Phalaris utriculata L.
- Tozzettia utriculata (L.) Savi
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Hugues Tinguy, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Valentina M, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Hugues Tinguy, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Clémentine Fromageot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Hugues Tinguy, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Emmanuel Bouchard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Hugues Tinguy, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: pgsala pgsala, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Hugues Tinguy, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Samuele, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Liliane Roubaudi, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Rossen Vassilev, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Alopecurus
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- Creeping meadow foxtailAlopecurus arundinaceusPoaceae
- Bulbous foxtailAlopecurus bulbosusPoaceae
- Carolina foxtailAlopecurus carolinianusPoaceae
- Pacific foxtailAlopecurus saccatusPoaceae
- Alopecurus vaginatusPoaceae
- Cretan meadow foxtailAlopecurus creticusPoaceae
- Alopecurus gerardiiPoaceae
- Alpine meadow-foxtailAlopecurus magellanicusPoaceae
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.