BEAUTIES OF 



OUR COMMON 



GRASSES 



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YELLOW FOXTAIL {Chaetochloa lutescens) 

 Yellow foxtail is a smallish plant commonly found in cultivated fields as a weed. The flowers grow in 

 a dense cylindrical spike of a yellowish color. A cluster of bristles accompanies each floret, the coloring of 

 which is delicate and beautiful. The perfect flower is transversely wrinkled, and surmounted by stigmas of a 

 ciliate character (marginally fringed with hairs), beautifully colored. "Pigeon grass" is a name used in 

 England for this plant. 



