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Notes: FNA24: "North American collections of Aegilops triuncialis are from disturbed sites, mostly roadsides and railroads, in California and western Nevada. The native range of the species extends from the Mediterranean area east to central Asia and south to Saudi Arabia. Specimens from the Flora region belong to Aegilops triuncialis var. triuncialis, which has apical spikelets with 5-8 cm central awns on the glumes and 2 well-developed 1-3 cm lateral awns, and lateral spikelets with 2-3 well-developed 1.5-6 cm awns. It differs from A. triuncialis var. persica (Boiss.) Eig, which has apical spikelets with 2-5 cm central awns on the glumes and 2 lateral awns of 1-2 cm, sometimes reduced to teeth, and lateral spikelets with 1 awn to 1.5 cm and 1-2 teeth."

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