Anthoxanthum aristatum is a species of grass known by the common names awned vernalgrass and annual vernalgrass. It is native to North Africa and southern and western Europe as far north as the Netherlands. It is also known in other regions, including northern Europe and North America, as an introduced species. It is occasionally a minor weed of fields. It is an annual grass growing in small tufts up to about 30 centimetres (12 in) tall. The leaves are short, pointed, and somewhat hairy. The inflorescence is up to 3 centimetres (1.2 in) long and 1 centimetre (0.4 in) wide, flat and hairy with spikelets a few millimeters long.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Small sweet vernal grass being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Anthoxanthum
- Species
- Anthoxanthum aristatum
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