Calflora: Gastridium ventricosum

Taxon Report 3752

Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell. (not an active name; please see Gastridium phleoides)

Nit grass

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Gastridium ventricosum, a monocot, is an annual grass that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild.


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Plant Characteristics
and Associations

Family:	POACEAE
Genus:	Gastridium

Communities:	weed, characteristic of disturbed places
Habitat:	disturbed [Walker]
Wetlands:	Usually occurs in non wetlands, but occasionally found in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]

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Name Status:

Accepted in JM93
TJM2 + PLANTS accepted name:	Gastridium phleoides

NOTE: Gastridium ventricosum is not an active name in the Calflora species table.

More information about Gastridium ventricosum


	Location Suitability Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Photos on CalPhotos / Google Images		Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria Original Publication citation (ITIS)		Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation,
with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria.
[web application]. 2017. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jul 14, 2017).

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