- Source: Helictochloa pratensis
Helictochloa pratensis, known as meadow oat-grass, is a species of perennial flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, found in temperate parts of Europe and Asia. Its culms are erect and 30–85 cm long; leaves are mostly basal. It is restricted to shallow, calcareous soils such as those formed on chalk and limestone substrates.
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GrassBase entry
"Helictochloa pratensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
Rzut. Oka Jeogr. Fiz. Wol. Pod. 10. 1828
Roser, M. 1995. Taxon 44:395.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. [Avenula pratensis (L.) Dumort.].
Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR.
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