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Nit-grass

nit-grass
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Gastridium
Species: G. ventricosum
Binomial name
Gastridium ventricosum
(Gouan) Schinz & Thell.
Synonyms
  • Agrostis ventricosa Gouan
  • Alopecurus ventricosus (Gouan) Huds.
  • Milium lendigerum L.
  • Agrostis australis L.
  • Agrostis panicea Lam.
  • Avena lendigera (L.) Salisb.
  • Agrostis lendigera (L.) Brot.
  • Gastridium australe (L.) P.Beauv.
  • Vilfa australis (L.) P.Beauv.
  • Vilfa panicea (Lam.) P.Beauv.
  • Gastridium muticum Günther
  • Milium muticum Spreng.
  • Gastridium scabrum C.Presl
  • Gastridium vestitum Spreng.
  • Calamagrostis schwabii Spreng.
  • Gastridium siculum Trin.
  • Arundo schwabii (Spreng.) Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Milium scabrum (C.Presl) Guss.
  • Gastridium lendigerum (L.) Gaudin
  • Agrostis sicula Guss. ex Steud.
  • Chilochloa ventricosa P.Beauv. ex Steud.
  • Gastridium laxum Boiss. & Reut.
  • Milium minimum Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange

Gastridium ventricosum is a species of grass known by the common name nit-grass (British Isles) or nit grass (USA). This is an annual grass bearing a long, thin, smooth inflorescence of spikelets. It is native to Europe, North Africa, and southwestern Asia but has become naturalized in scattered locations elsewhere.


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