Secale segetale
Species of plant
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Secale segetale, the weed rye, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae.[2][3] It has a nearly Irano-Turanian distribution; the Caucasus, Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the western Himalayas, and Xinjiang.[1] An annual reaching 100 cm (39 in), it is typically found as a weed in wheat fields.[3] It can be distinguished from rye (Secale cereale) by its fragile rachis.[3]
| Secale segetale | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Secale |
| Species: | S. segetale |
| Binomial name | |
| Secale segetale (Zhuk.) Roshev. | |
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