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Mosquito-grass
Dasypyrum villosum
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
wall barleyHordeum murinum
Common BarleyHordeum vulgareStudy checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Italy | 129 |
|---|---|
| Ukraine | 126 |
| Sevastopol | 83 |
| Russia | 73 |
| Krasnodar Krai | 73 |
| Centro | 64 |
| Greece | 43 |
| Autonomous Republic of Crimea | 43 |
| Sud | 42 |
| Croatia | 38 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Grass-like growth formListed by a harvested source as having a graminoid or grass-like growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | monocots · Liliopsida |
| Order | grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales |
| Family | grasses · Poaceae |
| Genus | Dasypyrum |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Mosquito-grass with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.