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Desert Goatgrass

Aegilops kotschyi

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
Tunisia to Afghanistan and Arabian Pen.
Climate
subtropical

About

Aegilops kotschyi (syn. Aegilops triuncialis var. kotschyi L. (Boiss.) Boiss., Aegilops triuncialis subsp. kotschyi (Boiss.) Zhuk., Aegilops geniculata Fig. & De Not. nom, Aegilops variabilis Eig, Triticum kotschyi (Boiss.) Bowden, Triticum triunciale subsp. kotschyi (L.) Raspail (Boiss.) Asch. & Graebn.) is a member of the grass family, Poaceae, native to the Levant.

Elsewhere it can be a weed. This plant is known or likely to be susceptible to barley mild mosaic bymovirus.

Other Aegilops plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aegilops kotschyi 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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