Velvet bent

Agrostis canina

Family: Poaceae Genus: Agrostis Species: canina

Synonyms: Agrostis fascicularis, Agrostis canina var. transsylvanica, Trichodium niveum, Agrostis canina var. pumila, Agrostis canina var. rupestris, Agrostis leersii, Trichodium arenarium, Trichodium kitaibelii, Agrostis canina var. fascicularis, Agrostis canina subsp. allionii, Agrostis hybrida, Agrostis canina var. pallida, Trichodium diffusum, Agrostis canina var. aurea, Agrostis canina var. radicans, Agrostis transsilvanica, Trichodium tenerrimum, Agrostis alba f. aristata, Agrostis canina subsp. monteluccii, Agrostis canina subsp. granatensis, Avena canina, Agrostis geniculata, Agrostis canina var. umbrosa, Agrostis nivea, Agrostis canina var. diffusa, Agrostis canina var. alba, Agrostis canina var. rigida, Agrostis nana, Milium caninum, Agrostis canina f. vinealis, Agrostis canina subsp. aspromontana, Agrostis transilvanica, Trichodium caninum var. turfosum, Trichodium caninum var. pallidum, Agrostis canina var. hybrida, Agrostis violaceopurpurea, Agraulus caninus, Agrostis canina var. opulentis, Agrostis wightii, Trichodium transsilvanicum, Agrostis canina var. aristata, Agrostis canina var. nobilis, Trichodium turfosum, Trichodium coerulescens, Vilfa hybrida, Trichodium caninum, Agrostis vulgaris var. glaucina, Agrostis canina var. flava, Trichodium arenosum, Agrostis sudavica, Agrostis canina var. transsilvanica, Agrostis canina var. pudica, Agrostis canina var. decipiens, Agrostis canina f. pallida, Agrostis canina subsp. fascicularis, Agrostis canina f. fasciculata, Agrostis nobilis, Agrostis canina var. arenosa, Agrostis arenosa, Agraulus pallidus, Agrostis canina var. breviaristata, Agrostis canina var. violacea, Agrestis canina, Agrostis canina var. nivea, Trichodium hybridum

Velvet bent (en)

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Botanical Description

Agrostis canina, known as velvet bent or brown bent, is a fine-leaved perennial grass of the family Poaceae. It spreads by slender stolons (and sometimes short rhizomes) to form loose mats, with flowering culms reaching 15 to 75 cm. The leaves are narrow, often inrolled and bristle-like, with a pointed ligule. The inflorescence is a delicate, open, spreading panicle that is purplish to brownish when in flower and contracts after flowering; the tiny one-flowered spikelets bear a fine dorsal awn. It flowers in summer. Native to Europe and adjacent western Asia and naturalised in North America, velvet bent grows on damp, acidic, peaty and sandy soils in heaths, bogs, wet meadows and lake margins, and some forms are used in fine turf and lawn mixtures.

Native Region: Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China South-Central, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Mongolia, Netherlands, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Turkey, Ukraine, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia

Cultural & Historical Context

Traditional American Uses

None Documented

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID

224045

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