Scientific name: | Aegilops peregrina (Hackel) Maire et Weiler | |
Synonym name: | Aegilops variabilis Eig | |
Common name: | Goatgrass | |
Hebrew name: | בן-חיטה רב-אנפין | |
Arabic name: | دوسر أجنبي | |
Plant Family: | Gramineae / Poaceae, דגניים |
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Life form: | Therophyte annual | |
Stems: | Numerous stems, up to 40cm | |
Leaves: | Alternate, entire, glabrous or shortly hairy, smooth margin | |
Inflorescence: | Spike 1.5-3.5cm (excluding awns) | |
Flowers: | Green; glumes usually with 1 long awn; lower glume with all veins narrow and equal in width | |
Fruits / pods: | Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; hairy at apex | |
Flowering Period: | March, April, May | |
Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
![]() Derivation of the botanical name: Aegilops, from the Greek aegilos (a herb liked by goats, or a goat), with ‘goatlike’ (referring to whiskery-awned spikelets), literally, "goat in the eye". peregrina, peregrin, "foreign". variabilis, variabil, "variable".
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