Polypogon monspeliensis
Polypogon monspeliensis, Annual beard grass, Rabbitfoot grass,
Hebrew: עבדקן מצוית , Arabic: Deil El Qott
| Scientific name: | Polypogon monspeliensis | |
| Synonym name: | Alopecurus monspeliensis L. | |
| Common name: | Annual beard grass, Rabbitfoot grass | |
| Hebrew name: | עבדקן מצוי | |
| Arabic name: | Deil El Qott | |
| Family: | Graminea (Poaceae), Grass Family, משפחת הדגניים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Spinescence: | Non- | |
| Stems: | Decumbent to erect, simple, 2-10dm | |
| Leaves: | Leaf-blades 5–20 cm long; 2–8 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface scaberulous; rough adaxially, or on both sides. | |
| Inflorescence: | A panicle, 1-17cm, plume-like, dense. | |
| Flowers: | Green | |
| Fruits / pods: | Oblong, smooth, enclosed by lemma, palea | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April, May, June | |
| Habitat: | Humid habitats | |
| Distribution: | Mt. Hermon, The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Deserts, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes | |
| Chorotype: | Med – Irano-Turanian – Saharo-Arabian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Polypogon, Greek “polu” = many, and “pogon” = beard, allusion to the densly crowded awns in the inflorescence.
monspeliensis named after “Montpelllier”, a town in Southern France, famousfor its botanical activities and University since Pre-Linnean times and up to the present.
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