Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell. is a plant in the Poaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell.

Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell.

Gastridium ventricosum is an annual nit grass species native to Europe, North Africa, and southwestern Asia.

Family
Genus
Gastridium
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida

About Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell.

Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell. is a grass species. Its common name is nit-grass in the British Isles, and nit grass in the United States. This is an annual grass that produces a long, thin, smooth inflorescence made up of spikelets. It is native to Europe, North Africa, and southwestern Asia, but has become naturalized in scattered locations in other parts of the world.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Poaceae Gastridium

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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