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Lagurus ovatus

Riversdale.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 06/11/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Rangitoto Island.<br>Photographer: John Barkla, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>.

With Bromus diandrus (tall culms), Whitiau Scientific Reserve, Whanganui. Nov 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Whitiau Scientific Reserve, Whanganui. Nov 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Eastbourne, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 04/12/2009, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Lagurus ovatus.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

harestail

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Grasses

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Lagurus

Family

Poaceae

Authority

Lagurus ovatus L.

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

1873

Origin

Mediterranean

Other information

Etymology

lagurus: From the Latin lagos ‘hare’ and oura ‘tail’, alluding to the tail-like inflorescence

NVS code

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