''Thinopyrum junceum'', commonly named sand couch-grass, is a species of
grass in the family
Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
.
It is found in Europe and temperate Asia, and grows from
rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...
s. They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 52 cm tall.
A relative of
wheat, ''Thinopyrum junceum'' is
salt-tolerant. A hybridization of the two creates a salt-tolerant wheat variety.
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References
junceum
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