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|accepted_name=Apera spica-venti
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|common_names=Common windgrass;Loose silkybent
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Apera;Apera spica-venti
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Poeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Apera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Apera spica-venti]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
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|treatment_page=page 789
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>20-80(120) cm, stout, usually with several shoots, sparingly branched; internodes shorter or longer than the sheaths. <b>Sheaths</b> often purplish; ligules 3-6(12) mm; blades usually 6-16(25) cm long, 2-5(10) mm wide, flat. <b>Panicles</b> (5)10-35 cm long, (2)3-15 cm wide, usually open, pyramidal; branches spreading, naked at the base for 5+ mm, with spikelets usually borne towards the distal ends; pedicels 1-3 mm. <b>Spikelets</b> 2.4-3.2 mm, often purplish; rachillas prolonged for about 0.5 mm. <b>Lower</b> glumes 1.5-2.5 mm; upper glumes 2.4-3.2 mm; lemmas 1.6-3 mm, folded, scabridulous above midlength, awned, awns 5-12 mm; anthers 1-2 mm, greenish to yellowish, often purple-tinged. <b>Caryopses</b> 1-1.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Apera spica-venti</i> grows as a weed in lawns, waste places, grain fields, sandy ground, and roadsides. Introduced from Europe, it is found in scattered locations in the Flora region.</p>
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name=Apera spica-venti
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|rank=species
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda Ann Vorobik;Hana Pazdírková
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae
|genus=Apera
|species=Apera spica-venti
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