Velvetgrass

Holcus lanatus L.

Poaceae (Grass Family)

▲ ▼ young plants

▲ ▼ mature, flowering plants

▲ ▼ young inflorescence, with detail below

▲ expanding inflorescence

▲ ▼ expanded inflorescence, with detail below

▲ ligule

Velvetgrass:  (not in Weeds of the Great Plains; pp. 56-57 in Weeds of the Northeast)

·         Cool-season perennial, clump-forming grass growing 2-3 feet tall

·         Leaves are light green, and covered with velvety-soft hairs

·         Inflorescence is a reddish-silver panicle, compressed at first, then opening as it matures

·         Found on roadsides, perennial crops, orchards