Anthoxanthum aristatum

Taxobox
name = "Anthoxanthum aristatum"

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image_width = 210px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Anthoxanthum"
species = "A. aristatum"
binomial = "Anthoxanthum aristatum"
binomial_authority = Boiss.
synonyms = "Anthoxanthum puelii"

"Anthoxanthum aristatum" is a species of grass known by the common name annual vernalgrass. It is native to North Africa and southern Europe as far north as France, and it is known in other regions, including northern Europe and North America, as an introduced species. It is occasionally a minor weed of fields. This is an annual grass growing in small tufts up to about 30 centimeters tall. The leaves are short, pointed, and somewhat hairy. The inflorescence is up to 3 centimeters long and one wide, flat and hairy with spikelets a few millimeters long.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8806,8807 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANAR7 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.arableplants.fieldguide.co.uk/?PP=species_account&SPID=97&SHC=84&PSD=1 Annual Vernalgrass in the UK]
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?3590 GRIN Species Profile]