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Ovate goatgrass

Aegilops geniculata

Also called Ovate Goat Grass

Ovate goatgrass
Photo: Javier martin, Public domain
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
Canary Is., Medit. to Afghanistan
Climate
subtropical

About

Aegilops geniculata is a species of grass known by the common name ovate goatgrass. It is native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, including Palestine and the Levant.

Elsewhere it is known as a noxious weed.

Other Aegilops plants

Goatgrass · Mediterranean Aegilops · Cretan Hard Grass · Column Goatgrass · Persian goatgrass · Jointed goatgrass · Aegilops juvenalis · Desert Goatgrass · Goatgrass · Aegilops mutica · Three Awn Goat Grass · Sharon Goatgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aegilops geniculata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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