Description: Annual herbaceous plant with several stems up to 45 cm tall. Extremely hairy leaves with parallel veins. The panicle inflorescence resembling a spike up to 3 cm long, built of 3-4 spikelets on a common inflorescence stem. The spikelets have elongated pointed teeth on them. The fruit is grain.

Flowering time: April-July

Habitat: dry grasslands, arable land edges

Interesting fact: The name of this genus comes from the Greek word “goat-like”