Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 81 (1753).

Derivation: Greek lagos, a hare; oura, a tail; alluding to the shape of the panicle.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Hairy annuals; leaf blades flat; ligule membranous.

Inflorescence a dense ovoid spike-like panicle; spikelets 1-flowered, rhachilla produced behind the palea in a bristle; glumes persistent, villous, 1- nerved, keeled, tapering into a plumose awn; lemma thin, glabrous, with a slender dorsal awn and a shorter one on each side.

Distribution:  A monotypic genus from the Mediterranean.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available