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    Alopecurus geniculatus  L.    
 

Fam.: Poaceae / Grass Fam.  

Genus:  Alopecurus  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Alopecurus:   alopex = fox, oura = tail
   geniculatus:   kneeled
 

The Marsh Foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus is rather similar to the Orange Foxtail Alopecurus aequalis, but it has much longer awns and also longer anthers than Alopecurus aequalis. The ripe anthers of Alopecurus geniculatus are brown, those of Alopecurus aequalis brick-red. The leaves of Alopecurus geniculatus are corrugated.

 

Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Eppertshausen 12.6.2010
Fig. 1:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Eppertshausen 12.6.2010
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Eppertshausen 12.6.2010
Fig. 2:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Eppertshausen 12.6.2010
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Eppertshausen 12.6.2010
Fig. 3:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Eppertshausen 12.6.2010
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Eppertshausen 12.6.2010
Fig. 4:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Eppertshausen 12.6.2010
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Kirchhundem-Benolpe 14.6.2019
Fig. 5:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Kirchhundem-Benolpe 14.6.2019
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Kirchhundem-Benolpe 14.6.2019
Fig. 6:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Kirchhundem-Benolpe 14.6.2019
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Kirchhundem-Benolpe 14.6.2019
Fig. 7:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Kirchhundem-Benolpe 14.6.2019
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Kirchhundem-Benolpe 14.6.2019
Fig. 8:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Kirchhundem-Benolpe 14.6.2019
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Kirchhundem-Benolpe 14.6.2019
Fig. 9:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Kirchhundem-Benolpe 14.6.2019
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Kirchhundem-Benolpe 14.6.2019
Fig. 10:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Kirchhundem-Benolpe 14.6.2019
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Kirchhundem-Benolpe 14.6.2019
Fig. 11:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Kirchhundem-Benolpe 14.6.2019
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Aachen 20.8.2022
Fig. 12:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Aachen 20.8.2022
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Aachen 20.8.2022
Fig. 13:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Aachen 20.8.2022
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Aachen 20.8.2022
Fig. 14:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Aachen 20.8.2022
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Kaiserslautern 19.8.2020
Fig. 15:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Kaiserslautern 19.8.2020
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Kaiserslautern 19.8.2020
Fig. 16:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Kaiserslautern 19.8.2020
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Kaiserslautern 19.8.2020
Fig. 17:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Kaiserslautern 19.8.2020
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Kaiserslautern 19.8.2020
Fig. 18:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Kaiserslautern 19.8.2020
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Kaiserslautern 7.7.2021
Fig. 19:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Kaiserslautern 7.7.2021
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, D Kaiserslautern 7.7.2021
Fig. 20:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
D Kaiserslautern 7.7.2021
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, F Pyrenees, Mont Louis 3.8.2018
Fig. 21:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
F Pyrenees, Mont Louis 3.8.2018
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, F Pyrenees, Mont Louis 3.8.2018
Fig. 22:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
F Pyrenees, Mont Louis 3.8.2018
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, F Pyrenees, Mont Louis 3.8.2018
Fig. 23:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
F Pyrenees, Mont Louis 3.8.2018
Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail, F Pyrenees, Mont Louis 3.8.2018
Fig. 24:  Alopecurus geniculatus / Marsh Foxtail
F Pyrenees, Mont Louis 3.8.2018

 


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