Cleistogenes serotina is a species of grass in the family Poaceae, native to Europe and temperate Asia. Culms are geniculately ascending, 1 mm in diameter, and 30–60 cm in height. Leaf-blades are spreading, flat, or involute, from 4–8 cm long and 3–5 mm wide.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cleistogenes serotina being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Poa sterilis
- Cleistogenes kitagawae
- Triplasis purpurea
- Sporobolus cryptandrus
- Piptatherum coerulescens
- Tridens buckleyanus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cleistogenes
- Species
- Cleistogenes serotina
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