Alopecurus myosuroides is an annual grass, native to Eurasia, found in moist meadows, deciduous forests, and on cultivated and waste land.

Leaf sheath is smooth, green to purplish in colour.

The leaf blade is pointed, 3 to 16 cm long and 2-8 millimeters wide, green, rough in texture.

[2] The spikelets are cylindrical, yellow-green, pale green or purple in colour, and may be 1-12 centimeters long.

The seeds have a short period of dormancy and viability, and the numbers may be reduced by surface cultivation after harvest.