''Holcus annuus'', called annual fog, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family

Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...

, native to the Mediterranean region and the

Transcaucasus The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Arme ...

, and introduced to southeastern Australia. In spite of its scientific and common names, it is a perennial.

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Pooideae Flora of North Africa Flora of Portugal Flora of Spain Flora of Italy Flora of Greece Flora of the East Aegean Islands Flora of Lebanon Flora of Syria Flora of Palestine (region) Flora of Turkey Flora of the Transcaucasus Plants described in 1831 {{Pooideae-stub