Holcus lanatus L.

• a long-lived tufted grass growing up to 1 m tall.
• its elongated leaves are softly hairy and where the leaf sheath meets the leaf blade there is a small membranous structure topped with tiny hairs.
• its seed-heads (5-17 cm long and up to 5 cm wide) are quite variable in shape and colour, depending on their age.
• young seed-heads are greenish or pinkish-purple tinged and are relatively narrow with closely held branches.
• they turn whitish in colour and become quite open with many spreading branches when in flower.
• these seed-heads consist of numerous small flower spikelets (3-4 mm long) that turn straw-coloured when mature.

[From: Environmental Weeds of Australia]