Rank Species | Genus Gastridium Higher classification Gastridium | |
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Similar Gastridium, Grasses, Vascular plant, Cynosurus echinatus, Catapodium |
Gastridium ventricosum is a species of grass known by the common name nit-grass (British Isles) or nit grass (USA). This is an annual grass bearing a long, thin, smooth inflorescence of spikelets. It is native to Europe, North Africa, and southwestern Asia but has become naturalized in scattered locations elsewhere.





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