Poaceae FAMILY

Aegilops speltoides

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aegilops speltoides is a clump-forming, annual grass with erect culms 20 - 70cm long. The seed is sometimes harvested from the wild as an emergency food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSoutheast Europe - Greece, Bulgaria; W. Asia - Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Irag, Iran

HabitatDry acid grassland[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ], oak scrub, plains, rocky limestone hills, fallow fields and edges of cornfields; at elevations from 100 - 1,200 metres in Turkey[ 93 Title Flora of Turkey. Publication Author Davis. P. H. Publisher Edinburgh University Press Year 1965 ISBN - Description Not for the casual reader, this is an immense work in many volumes. Some details of plant uses and habitats. ].