Ventenata is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Europe, North Africa, and central + southwest Asia. One species, Ventenata dubia, is considered an invasive weed in many places. Species 1. \n* Ventenata blanchei Boiss. - Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Israel 2. \n* Ventenata dubia (Leers) Coss. & Durieu - central Europe, Mediterranean, Ukraine, southern European Russia, Caucasus, Turkey, Kazakhstan; naturalized in parts of North America 3. \n* Ventenata eigiana (H.Scholz & Raus) Dogan - Turkey 4. \n* Ventenata huber-morathii (Dogan) D.Heller - Turkey 5. \n* Ventenata macra (Steven) Balansa ex Boiss. - Greece, Crimea, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Caucasus, Cyprus 6. \n* Ventenata quercetorum Boiss. & Bal. - Turkey 7. \n* Ventenata sorgerae (Dogan) D.Hell