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Mosquitograss

Dasypyrum villosum

Mosquitograss
Photo: Daderot, Public domain
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Annual
Native range
Medit. to C. Asia
Climate
temperate

About

Dasypyrum villosum is a species of annual grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to eastern and southern Europe and Western Asia from the Balearic Islands to Turkmenistan, including in the Mediterranean and the Caucasus regions.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dasypyrum villosum 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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