Latin name: Aegilops cylindrica Host
  Pronunciation:
EE-jil-ops sil-IN-dri-ka

  Common name: Jointed goatgrass
  Family: Poaceae (Grass)
  Habitat: Disturbed dry sites, cultivated fields,
  throughout cismontane Southern California,
  Santa Rosa Plateau, native to Mediterranean and
  western Asia

  Blooming period: ?????
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Aegilops
  2) cylindrica
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