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Fig. 452. Alopecurus alpinus J. E. Smith, Engl. Bot. pi. 1126. 

 1803. Alpine Foxtail. — A glabrous, erect perennial 1 to 6 dm. 

 high, with flat leaves and cylindrical, ovoid, densely-flowered 

 panicles 1 to 3 cm. long. Spikelets 4 mm. long, with obtuse, 

 densely villous outer glumes (a) about the length of flowering 

 glume, which is pubescent near the apex, glabrous below, and 

 bears upon the back, just below the middle, a slender awn a little 

 exceeding the glumes. — Moist places, Greenland, Labrador to 

 Alaska. [Arctic regions of Europe and Asia.] July, August. 



