OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Triticum aestivum   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triticum aestivum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Triticum aestivum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Triticum aestivum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-21-001:

Triticum aestivum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Triticum aestivum

 

COMMON NAME:
Bread Wheat


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image of Triticum aestivum, Bread Wheat

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_trae_001_lvd

        

image of Triticum aestivum, Bread Wheat

Keith Bradley    kab_t_aestivum_0938

May    Polk County    NC

Spike 5-15cm long. Spikelets alternate on opposite sides of rachis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Triticum aestivum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Triticum aestivum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Triticum aestivum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Triticum aestivum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-21-001:
Triticum aestivum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Triticum aestivum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4083

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Fields; frequently cultivated, rarely persistent or volunteering following cultivation, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Inflorescence a spike

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain yellowish

 

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