Apera spica-venti

Apera spica-venti
Apera spica-venti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Apera
Species:	A. spica-venti
Binomial name
Apera spica-venti (L.) P.Beauv.

Apera spica-venti, the loose silky-bent or common windgrass, is an annual or biannual plant in the genus Apera. It belongs to the Poaceae family.

This species is native to Eurasia and North Africa from the Canary Islands to Denmark to Yakutia. It occurs in pastures with sandy soil.

It has naturalized in the United States, Canada, and Russian Far East.

The grass grows to about 40–100 centimetres (16–39 in) high.

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