Scientific name Gastridium Rank Genus | Higher classification Grasses | |
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Similar Grasses, Gastridium ventricosum, Hainardia, Avellinia, Periballia | ||
Gastridium is a small but widespread genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family. These grasses are sometimes called nit grass.
- Gastridium phleoides (Nees & Meyen) C.E.Hubb. - Africa, southern Europe, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula
- Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell - Mediterranean and nearby regions from Great Britain to Cape Verde to Caucasus
see Triplachne
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