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Pronunciation: gas-TRID-ee-um flee-OH-i-dees
Common name: Nit grass
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Dry open and waste places to 4000', most of cismontane California, Channel Islands, introduced from Europe
Blooming period: April to November
Name derivations: 1) Gastridium 2) phleoides
Formerly Gastridium ventricosum