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Aegilops ventricosa
Also called Swollen Goat Grass, Belly Shaped Hard Grass, Belly Shape Hard Grass
Aegilops ventricosa is an annual wild grass of the Mediterranean region and Transcaucasus, related to wheat, known as swollen goatgrass. It is a weedy cereal relative grown outdoors, not a houseplant, and it is not commonly cultivated for care.
Aegilops ventricosa (syn. Gastropyrum ventricosum (Tausch) Á.Löve, Triticum ventricosum (Tausch) Ces.) is a plant species in the family Poaceae.
Goatgrass · Mediterranean Aegilops · Cretan Hard Grass · Column Goatgrass · Persian goatgrass · Jointed goatgrass · Ovate goatgrass · Aegilops juvenalis · Desert Goatgrass · Goatgrass · Aegilops mutica · Three Awn Goat Grass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aegilops ventricosa 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.
