Poaceae
Nit-grass
Gastridium ventricosum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Gastridium
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Common names
By language (7)
- Bulgarian
- Издут гастридиум
- Czech
- Bérovník břichatý
- English
- Nit-grass
- Finnish
- Tupsunyyläheinä
- Persian
- علف رشکی متورم
- Swedish
- Gnetgräs
- Welsh
- Neddwellt y Dwyrain, Neddwellt
Synonyms
- Agrostis australis L.
- Agrostis lendigera (L.) Brot.
- Agrostis lendigera Poir.
- Agrostis panicea Lam.
- Agrostis rubra Huds.
- Agrostis sicula Guss. ex Steud.
- Agrostis ventricosa Gouan
- Alopecurus ventricosus (Gouan) Huds.
- Alopecurus ventricosus var. lendigerus (L.) Huds.
- Arundo schwabii (Spreng.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Avena lendigera (L.) Salisb.
- Calamagrostis schwabii Spreng.
- Chilochloa ventricosa P.Beauv. ex Steud.
- Gastridium australe (L.) P.Beauv.
- Gastridium australe subsp. laxum (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman
- Gastridium australe var. muticum Kunth
- Gastridium laxum Boiss. & Reut.
- Gastridium lendigerum (L.) Gaudin
- Gastridium lendigerum (L.) Desv.
- Gastridium lendigerum subsp. laxum (Boiss. & Reut.) K.Richt.
- Gastridium lendigerum var. scabrum (J.Presl) Fiori
- Gastridium ventricosum subsp. laxum (Boiss. & Reut.) Holub
- Gastridium vestitum Spreng.
- Milium lendigerum L.
- Milium minimum Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange
- Milium muticum Spreng.
- Vilfa australis (L.) P.Beauv.
- Vilfa panicea (Lam.) P.Beauv.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Robert Steers/NPS, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Pérez Juan Manuel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Clément Cléro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Antoine Thivolle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: yangyin99, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Michael, Antoni and Nihat Hinczewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.