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Jointed goatgrass

Aegilops cylindrica Host

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Aegilops

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Jointed goatgrass: The cylindrical spike of Aegilops shatters (disarticulate) by mid to late summer.
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (23)
Arabic
دوسر أسطواني, دوسر إسطواني
arz
دوسر اسطوانى
azb
سیلیندریک بوغداییوت
Azerbaijani
Silindrik buğdayıot
Bulgarian
Цилиндрично диво жито
Chinese
具節山羊草, 具节山羊草, 圆柱山羊草
Croatian
Valjkasta ostika
Czech
Mnohoštět válcovitý
English
Jointed goatgrass
Estonian
Ruljas torupea
Finnish
Myllypukinvehnä
German
Walch
Japanese
ヤギムギ
Kazakh
Қылтық шөп
Latvian
Cilindriskais egilopss
Macedonian
Цилиндрична острица
Norwegian Bokmål
Bukkekorn
nv
Tłʼoh ałheenilí
Persian
گندمنیای استوانهای
Russian
Эгилопс цилиндрический
Slovenian
Valjasta ostika
Swedish
Bockvete
Uzbek
Yettiboʻgʻim, Yettibo'g'im, Yettibo`g`im, Yettibo‘g‘im

Synonyms

  • Aegilops caudata subsp. cylindrica (Host) Hegi
  • Aegilops caudata var. cylindrica Fiori
  • Aegilops caudata var. hirsuta Hegi
  • Aegilops cylindrica f. brunnea (Popova) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops cylindrica f. brunusica van Slageren & Eldarov
  • Aegilops cylindrica f. ferruginea (Popova) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops cylindrica f. fuliginosa (Popova) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops cylindrica f. gahvayii Aminov & Eldarov
  • Aegilops cylindrica f. garamtil Aminov & Eldarov
  • Aegilops cylindrica f. prokhanovii (Tzvelev) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops cylindrica f. pullusica van Slageren & Eldarov
  • Aegilops cylindrica f. rubiginosa (Popova) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops cylindrica subsp. aristulata Zhuk.
  • Aegilops cylindrica subsp. pauciaristata (Eig) Chennav.
  • Aegilops cylindrica unranked pubescens Kloos
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. albescens Popova
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. aristulata (Zhuk.) Tzvelev
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. brunnea Popova
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. ferruginea Popova
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. flavescens Popova
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. fuliginosa Popova
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. gobustanica van Slageren & Eldarov
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. hirsuta (Hegi) Hegi
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. kastorianum Karat.
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. khizii Aminov & Eldarov
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. longiaristata Lange
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. multiaristata Jansen & Wacht.
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. pauciaristata Eig
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. prokhanovii Tzvelev
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. pubescens Jansen
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. rubiginosa Popova
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. rumelica Velen.
  • Aegilops cylindrica var. typica Eig
  • Aegilops nova Winterl ex Borbás
  • Aegilops squarrosa var. cylindrica (Host) Mutel
  • Cylindropyrum cylindricum (Host) Á.Löve
  • Cylindropyrum cylindricum subsp. cylindricum
  • Cylindropyrum cylindricum subsp. pauciaristatum (Eig) Á.Löve
  • Triticum caudatum subsp. cylindricum (Host) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Triticum cylindricum (Host) Ces., Pass. & Gibelli

and 2 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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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.