Aegilops tauschii
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Jointed goatgrass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots (unranked): Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Aegilops Species: A. cylindrica
Binomial name
Aegilops cylindrica Host
Synonyms
Aegilops tauschii Cylindropyrum cylindricum Triticum cylindricum

Aegilops cylindrica is a species of grass known by the common name jointed goatgrass. It is native to the Mediterranean Basin and western Asia. Elsewhere it is best known as a noxious weed.¹²³

Goatgrass can interbreed with species of wheat, and common wheat owes its high tolerance for cold to its partial goatgrass ancestry; the same is true of close relative spelt.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• Aegilops cylindrica
• USDA Plants Profile: Aegilops cylindrica
• Cal Photos photo gallery
• Aegilops cylindrica photos

References

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