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Aegilops tauschii
Also called Rough Spike Hard Grass, Tausch's Goat Grass
Tausch's goatgrass is an annual wild grass native to the Caucasus, western and Central Asia, and parts of China, and is a weed of wheat fields. It is grown only as a wild relative of wheat, and its key feature is that it grows fast from seed in cool seasons.
Aegilops tauschii, the Tausch's goatgrass or rough-spike hard grass, is an annual grass species. It is native to Crimea, the Caucasus region, western and Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the western Himalaya, and parts of China, and has been introduced to other locales, including California.
Jointed goatgrass · Goatgrass · Barbed goatgrass · Goatgrass
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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.
