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Triticum turgidum
Also called Wild Emmer, Wild Emmer Wheat, Cone Wheat, Poulard Wheat
Rivet wheat (Triticum turgidum) is a species of wheat, the wild and ancestral form of pasta, macaroni and durum wheats, grown as an annual cereal in temperate regions. It needs full sun, well-drained soil and a cool, dry-to-moderate season to reach grain.
Triticum turgidum (with its various subspecies being known as pasta wheat, macaroni wheat and durum wheat) is a species of wheat. It is an annual and grows primarily in temperate areas and is native to countries around the eastern Mediterranean, down to Iran and east to Xinjiang, China.
It is native to the countries of Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, North Caucasus (parts of Russia), Syria, Palestine, Transcaucasus (or South Caucasus; Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan), Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Xinjiang, China.
Common wheat · Emmer · Durum wheat · Einkorn · Polish Wheat · Spelt · Timopheev's wheat
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Triticum turgidum 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.
