Latin name: Triticum aestivum L.
  Pronunciation: TRIT-i-kum es-TI-vum

  Common name: Common wheat
  Family: Poaceae (Grass)
  Habitat: Cultivated and escaping in waste places,
  native to Old World

  Blooming period: April to July
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Triticum
  2) aestivum
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