Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Alopecurus // Species: Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Clarke (1980 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from West Europe to the Mediterranean region and Central Asia; West Hymalaya, Assam (India) according to the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Abandoned cultivated land. Recorded in the region between Kochani and village of Beli.

Flowering period: Spring: APR.

Alopecurus myosuroides – habit. Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – habit. Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – habit. Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – habit. Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – inflorescence. Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – inflorescence. Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – inflorescence. Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – spikelets of inflorescence. Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – spikelets of inflorescence. Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – ste, leaf and ligule. Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – stem and leaf. Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – stem and leaf. Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – stem and leaf. Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – adaxial side of leaf (left) and abaxial side of leaf (right). Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – plant base. Hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Scaled images. Specimens from the hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026.

Alopecurus myosuroides – habit. Scale in cm.
Specimens from the hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – habit. Scale in cm.
Specimens from the hilly region between Kochani and the village of Beli, 05.04.2026. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – inflorescence. Scale in cm/mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Alopecurus myosuroides – spikelets. Scale in cm/mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:387143-1 [Accessed 17.04.2026].

Alopecurus myosuroides. Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. 2009+: Poaceae (pro parte majore). – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/36812117-a13e-44b2-84b0-051eeeeacb38 [Accessed 17.04.2026].

Clarke, G. C. S. 1980. Alopecurus L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 241–243.