Triticum aestivum
wheat
sheaths glabrous or hairy;
blades 6–15(20)mm wide, glabrous or pubescent.
spikes (3.5)6–18 × 0.8– 2.1 cm;
disarticulation tardy or not disarticulating.
10–15 mm, 2 florets.
subequal; shorter than adjacent lemmas; hairy; short-awned;
upper glumes 6–12 mm, 4–7-veins.
10–15 mm, 0–several veins, mostly glabrous, scabrous;
hairs near apex;
tips toothed or awned;
lemma awns; if present; straight or curved; to 8(12)mm, arising from the apex.
2.5 mm.
=42.
Triticum aestivum
Disturbed sites, cultivated felds, roadsides. 0–1700m. Col, ECas, Est, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; throughout North America; worldwide. Exotic.
Wheat is the most widely grown grain crop. It has a thick spike that may be erect or nodding. Awnless forms, called club wheats, commonly grown in the Pacifc Northwest, appear startlingly di?erent from awned forms.
Barbara Wilson, Richard Brainerd, Nick Otting
- Local floras:
BC, 
CA, 
OR, 
WA - Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos,
Flora NW, 
PNW Herbaria 
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database- LBJ Wildflower Center
- SEINet
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- Encyclopedia of Life
- Wikipedia
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