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| Gastridium (Poaceae) 4b:280 |
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| Gastridium
ventricosum (nit grass) is an uncommon weed of agricultural
and urban areas. It is an erect annual species. The inflorescence is
a dense spike-like panicle. The spikelets have a single flower and
have the distinctive feature that the glumes are thick, hard, much
larger than the florets and have narrow section in the middle. The
lemma has a quite a long awn attached well below the top. |
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