Aegilops speltoides Tausch

Goatgrass (en), Égilope faux-épeautre (fr), Égilope faux épeautre (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Aegilops

Characteristics

It is an annual grass which grows 60 cm tall.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Dry acid grassland, oak scrub, plains, rocky limestone hills, fallow fields and edges of cornfields; at elevations from 100-1,200 metres in Turkey.
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It grows naturally in grasslands and low hills between 100-1200 metres in Turkey. It grows best in sun but an tolerate light shade.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The seed is eaten cooked normally as a cereal in bread.
Uses animal food gene source
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. The seed should be just covered with soil and not allowed to dry out while germinating.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Aegilops speltoides unspecified picture

Distribution

Aegilops speltoides world distribution map, present in Bulgaria, France, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Kuwait, Palau, and Turks and Caicos Islands

Conservation status

Aegilops speltoides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:384645-1
WFO ID wfo-0000841819
COL ID 64XDW
BDTFX ID 982
INPN ID 80297
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Aegilops singularis Aegilops speltoides Agropyron tournefortii Sitopsis speltoides Triticum aucheri Triticum speltoides Triticum tournefortii Aegilops aucheri Triticum obtusatum Aegilops macrura Aegilops aucheri f. hirtiglumis Aegilops aucheri f. nudiglumis Aegilops agropiroides Aegilops augeri Aegilops speltoides f. muricata Aegilops speltoides f. polyathera Aegilops speltoides f. striata Aegilops markgrafii var. polyathera Aegilops aucheri subsp. polyathera Aegilops aucheri var. hirtohispida Aegilops aucheri var. polyathera Aegilops aucheri var. schultzii Aegilops aucheri var. striata Aegilops aucheri var. unicolor Aegilops aucheri var. vellea Aegilops aucheri var. virgata Aegilops speltoides subsp. aucheri Aegilops speltoides subsp. submutica Aegilops speltoides var. aucheri Aegilops speltoides var. macrostachys Aegilops speltoides var. muricata Aegilops speltoides var. polyathera Aegilops speltoides var. submutica Aegilops speltoides var. scandens Triticum speltoides subsp. aucheri Triticum speltoides subsp. polyatherum Triticum speltoides var. schultzii Aegilops speltoides f. unicolor

Lower taxons

Aegilops speltoides subsp. ligustica Aegilops speltoides subsp. speltoides