Apera spica-venti

Apera spica-venti
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, the loose silky-bent[2] or 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

  1. 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.
  2. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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