Harestail Grass

Lagurus ovatus L. Sp. PI. 81. 1753
Culms slender, branching at base, pubescent, or sometimes nearly glabrous above, 10-30 cm. tall; sheaths pubescent, somewhat inflated; ligule thin, rounded, pubescent, erose, 2-3 mm. long; blades flat, lax, pubescent, mostly less than 10 cm. long, as much as 1 cm. wide, usually less; panicle pale, downy, bristling with dark awns, 2-3 cm. long, nearly as thick; glumes very narrow, 1 cm. long; lemma 3 mm. long, pilose below, the awn much exceeding the glumes.
Type locality: Southern Europe.
Distribution: Cultivated for ornament and sparingly escaped, California (Pacific Grove, San Francisco, Berkeley); ballast, Beaufort, North Carolina; Mediterranean region.