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Lamarckia

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Lamarckia is a genus of plants in the grass family native to the Old World Dry Belt, on the Mediterranean Region, the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa and South Asia. It has a single species, Lamarckia aurea, known colloquially as the '''golden dog's-tail or goldentop grass'''.

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  1. PhylumChlorophyta
  2. ClassUlvophyceae
  3. OrderBryopsidales
  4. FamilyCodiaceae
Habitatmarine
Native toAfghanistan, Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece

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金颈草属
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Lamarckia is a genus of plants in the grass family native to the Old World Dry Belt, on the Mediterranean Region, the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa and South Asia. It has a single species, Lamarckia aurea, known colloquially as the '''golden dog's-tail or goldentop grass'.

==Description== It is an annual plant, typically 30-45 centimetres in height, with clusters of golden flowers in a panicle 5–8 cm long and 2–2.5 cm broad.

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