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Gastridium ventricosum (Gastridium ventricosum)

Description

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

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Poaceae

              • Genus: Gastridium