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Goatgrass

Aegilops speltoides

Goatgrass
Photo: Jose Hernandez, Public domain

Aegilops speltoides is an annual wild grass in the Poaceae, a relative of wheat, native to southeastern Europe and western Asia. It is valued as a source of disease resistance genes for wheat breeding and is sometimes used as animal feed.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings; it is adapted to dry, seasonal conditions.
Soil
Well-drained, fairly poor soil; tolerates sandy or stony ground.
Temperature
Hardy in mild to warm climates; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
SE. Balkan Pen. to Iran
Climate
subtropical

About

Aegilops speltoides (syn. Sitopsis speltoides (Tausch) Á.Löve) is an edible goatgrass in the family Poaceae native to Southeastern Europe and Western Asia, which is often used for animal feed, and it has grown in cultivated beds. This plant is an important natural source of disease resistance in wheat, and it is known or likely to be susceptible to barley mild mosaic bymovirus.

Other Aegilops plants

Jointed goatgrass · Tausch's goatgrass · Barbed goatgrass · Goatgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aegilops speltoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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