Lamarckia is a Eurasian and African plant in the grass family.[3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Dactylidinae |
| Genus: | Lamarckia Moench, conserved spelling,[1] not Vahl 1810 (Solanaceae) |
| Species: | L. aurea
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| Lamarckia aurea | |
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- Species[2]
The only known species is Lamarckia aurea, the golden dog's-tail[5] or goldentop grass [6] 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. The species is native to the Mediterranean Basin and neighboring regions from Portugal to the Canary Islands east to Ethiopia and northern India. It is also naturalized in parts of Australia and the Americas, considered an invasive weed in some areas.
- Formerly included[2]
see Aegopogon
- Lamarckia tenella - Aegopogon tenellus
See also
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- ^ a b Tropicos, Lamarckia Moench
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Moench, Conrad. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis : a staminum situ describendi 201 in Latin
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Lamarckia
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ NRCS. "Lamarckia aurea". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 January 2016.