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| Gastridium
ventricosum (nit grass) is an uncommon weed of
agricultural and urban areas. It is an erect annual species.
The inflorescence is a dense spike-like panicle. The
spikelets have a single flower and have the distinctive
feature that the glumes are thick, hard, much larger than
the florets and have narrow section in the middle. The lemma
has a quite a long awn attached well below the top. |
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