| Hare's-tail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Tribe: | Agrostideae |
| Genus: | Lagurus |
| Species: | L. ovatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lagurus ovatus L. |
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Lagurus ovatus, commonly called hare's-tail grass, is an annual species of grass indigenous to the Mediterranean. It is an escaped weed in many parts of the world, it is also sometimes grown as an ornamental plant for its attractive flower panicle.[1]
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Found throughout southern Europe and introduced into Britain where it is now commonly thriving on sandy stretches in the isles of Guernsey and Jersey, occasionally found in Ireland and South Wales. It has become naturalized in County Wexford, Ireland, and South Devon and West Sussex in England. This plant is known or likely to be susceptible to barley mild mosaic bymovirus.