Apera spica-venti
| Apera spica-venti | |
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| Apera spica-venti[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Apera |
| Species: | A. spica-venti |
| Binomial name | |
| Apera spica-venti (L.) P.Beauv. | |
Apera spica-venti (common windgrass) is an annual or biannual plant in the genus Apera. It belongs to the Poaceae family. This species occurs in northern and western Europe on pastures with sandy soil. It grows to about 40-100 cm high.
References
- ↑ illustration from Apera spica-venti from http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/page.asp?relation=QK495F19H671801V3&identifier=0165 Title: Icones et descriptiones Graminum austriacorum Author(s): Host, Nikolaus Thomas Schmidt, A Ibmayer, J Publisher: Vindobonae : A. Schmidt, 1801-1809. Description: 4 v. : chiefly col. ill. ; 48 cm.