Poaceae
Persian goatgrass
Aegilops crassa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Aegilops
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- دوسر سميك
- Armenian
- Այծակն հաստ
- arz
- دوسر سميك
- English
- Persian goatgrass
- Persian
- گندمنیای ضخیم
Synonyms
- Aegilops crassa f. macranthera Boiss.
- Aegilops crassa subsp. macranthera (Boiss.) Zhuk.
- Aegilops crassa subsp. trivialis Zhuk.
- Aegilops crassa var. typica Eig
- Aegilops mutica var. platyathera (Jaub. & Spach) Coss.
- Aegilops trivialis Migush. & Khak.
- Gastropyrum crassum (Boiss. ex Hohen.) Á.Löve
- Triticum crassum (Boiss. ex Hohen.) Aitch. & Hemsl.
- Triticum plathyatherum (Jaub. & Spach) C.Yen & J.L.Yang
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Maja Graniszewska, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.