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Gastridium

nit grass
Gastridiumphleoides.jpg
Gastridium phleoides fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Gastridium
P.Beauv.
Type species
Gastridium australe
(syn of G. ventricosum )
(L.) P.Beauv.

Gastridium is a small but widespread genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family. These grasses are sometimes called nit grass.


see Triplachne


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