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| Life form: |
| Perennial |
| Stems: |
| Up to 110 cm, decumbent to erect, 1–8 dm; nodes visible, brown |
| Leaves: |
| sheathes smooth and cylindrical, 5mm wide; hairless |
| Flowers: |
| Inflorescence panicle-like, generally cylindric, dense; branches short, 3.5–7.5 cm long, 6–10 mm wide; spikelet: glumes 4–5 mm; awn bent, exceeding lemma body by 2–5.5 mm; anthers 2–3.5 mm |
| Flowering Period: |
| April, May, June |
| Fruits: |
| Fruit glabrous |
| Habitat: |
| Farmland, meadows, beaches and ditches |
| Distribution: |
| Throughout the country |
Derivation of the botanical name:
Alopecurus, Greek αλωπεκουροϛ, alopecuros a fox's tail.
pratensis, "in meadows", growing or found in meadows.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
Alopecurus pratensis is usually confused with Phleum pratense (Timothy-grass). Timothy flowers later from June until August. The spikelets of Timothy are twin horn like projections arranged in cylindrical panicles, foxtail has a soft, single awn.
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