species
Alopecurus myosuroides
Black-grass · Blackgrass
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Alopecurus myosuroides belongs to the family Poaceae, also known as Black-grass or Blackgrass, introduced before 1500 and long since part of the landscape. It reaches 80 cm tall and 50 cm across. It grows in part shade, where the ground is neutral and in well drained conditions. It flowers from May to August. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 80 cm tall × 50 cm across
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade
- Acidity
- Neutral
- Moisture
- Well drained
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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