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Aegilops neglecta Req. ex Bertol.  
Family: Poaceae
Antenna Grass, more...Three-Awned Goatgrass
[Aegilops algeriensis Gand., moreAegilops calida Gand., Aegilops campicola Gand., Aegilops mesantha Gand., Aegilops neglecta var. contorta (Zhuk.) K. Hammer, Aegilops ovata var. vulgaris , Aegilops triaristata subsp. attenuata , Aegilops triaristata subsp. contorta Zhuk., Aegilops triaristata subsp. elongata , Aegilops triaristata subsp. intermixta Zhuk., Aegilops triaristata var. vulgaris , Aegilops virescens Jord. & Fourr., Aegilops viridescens Gand., Triticum neglectum (Req. ex Bertol.) Greuter, Triticum ovatum var. triaristatum (Willd.) Schmalh.]
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Sandra M. Saufferer. Flora of North America

Culms 20-55 cm, geniculate and semiprostrate at the base, usually with many tillers. Sheaths with hyaline margins, ciliate; blades 5-8 cm long, 3-4 mm wide. Spikes 2-4.5 cm long, 0.4-1.3 cm wide, ovoid-ellipsoid basally, abruptly contracted distally to a narrow cylinder, with 3-6 spikelets, distal 1-3 spikelets sterile; rudimentary spikelets (2)3; disarticulation at the base of the spikes. Basal spikelets 8-12 mm, subventricose, urceolate, with 2 fertile florets and 2-3 sterile florets; apical spikelets 4-5 mm, typically with 1 sterile floret, although cultivated forms may have 1 fertile floret and 1-2 sterile florets. Glumes of fertile spikelets 7-10 mm, usually velutinous, sometimes scabrous, apices with (2)3 awns, awns 2-5.5 cm; lemmas 2-awned, awns 0.5-4 cm, with 1 lateral tooth, the tooth sometimes reduced to a shoulder. Caryopses 5-7 mm, falling free of the lemmas and paleas. Haplomes UM, UMN. 2n = 28, 48.

Aegilops neglecta is native around the Mediterranean and in western Asia. It has been collected in Arlington County, Virginia, but is not established in the Flora region.

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