Scientific Name:
Holcus lanatus
Pronunciation:
HOLE-kus la-NA-tus
Common Name:
velvet grass
Family Name:
Poaceae
Plant Type:
Herbaceous perennial, Poales (grass-like), Weed (horticultural)
Key ID Features:
Clump forming habit, eaf blades 1-1.5cm wide, flat, and sharply pointed and with dense short hairs; auricles absent; ligule medium height with jagged flattened top, hairy on leaf blade side only; sheaths hairy, compressed with pink veins.
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
Mature Spread:
Origin:
Europe
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Exposure:
Soil/Growing Medium:
Landscape Uses:
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Grass-like
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Pubescent
Colour in Summer:
Green, Silver / Grayish
Shapes:
Linear
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Sheathing
Margins:
Ciliate
Additional Info:
Leaves rolled in the bud
Inflorescence Type:
Spikelet, Panicle-like
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
0
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, Green-yellow, Pink, Red
Flower Time at Peak:
Jun
Additional Info:
Spikelets of 2 florets, aggrnged in a densely clustered panicle
Fruit Type:
Grain (caryopsis)
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Additional Info:
hairy; soft short awn
Bark or Stem Colour:
Organ Modifications:
Rhizomes
