| Scientific Name: | Holcus lanatus |
| Common Name: | velvet grass |
| Family Name: | Poaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Poales (grass-like), Weed (horticultural) |
| Mature Size: | x (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
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| Texture: | Medium - fine |
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| Leaves: | Grass-like, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Linear, Ciliate |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, Green-yellow, Pink, Red, Jun |
| Fruit: | Grain (caryopsis), Brown |
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| 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. | |