Poaceae
Ovate goatgrass
Aegilops geniculata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Aegilops
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- دوسر ركبي
- arz
- دوسر ركبى
- Azerbaijani
- Üçqılçıqlı buğdayıot
- Bulgarian
- Коленчато диво жито
- Catalan
- Traiguera
- Chinese
- 卵穗山羊草
- Croatian
- Jajolika ostika
- Czech
- Mnohoštět vejčitý
- English
- Ovate goatgrass
- Slovenian
- Mala ostika
- Swedish
- Kort bockvete
- Ukrainian
- Егілопс колінчатий
Synonyms
- Aegilops altera Lam. ex Roth
- Aegilops brachyathera Pomel
- Aegilops divaricata Jord. & Fourr.
- Aegilops echinus Godr.
- Aegilops erigens Jord. & Fourr.
- Aegilops erratica Jord. & Fourr.
- Aegilops fonsii Sennen
- Aegilops geniculata subsp. gibberosa (Zhuk.) K.Hammer
- Aegilops geniculata subsp. globulosa (Zhuk.) Á.Löve
- Aegilops geniculata var. africana (Eig) H.Scholz
- Aegilops geniculata var. brachyathera (Pomel) K.Hammer
- Aegilops geniculata var. echinus (Godr.) K.Hammer
- Aegilops geniculata var. eventricosa (Eig) K.Hammer
- Aegilops geniculata var. hirsuta (Eig) Tzvelev
- Aegilops geniculata var. lanuginosa (Zhuk.) K.Hammer
- Aegilops geniculata var. puberula (Zhuk.) K.Hammer
- Aegilops microstachys Jord. & Fourr.
- Aegilops nigricans Jord. & Fourr.
- Aegilops ovata subsp. atlantica Eig
- Aegilops ovata subsp. brachyathera (Pomel) Chennav.
- Aegilops ovata subsp. gibberosa Zhuk.
- Aegilops ovata subsp. globulosa Zhuk.
- Aegilops ovata subsp. planiuscula Zhuk.
- Aegilops ovata subsp. umbonata Zhuk.
- Aegilops ovata var. africana Eig
- Aegilops ovata var. brachyathera (Pomel) Eig
- Aegilops ovata var. echinus (Godr.) Eig
- Aegilops ovata var. eigiana Maire & Weiller
- Aegilops ovata var. erigens (Jord. & Fourr.) Gaut.
- Aegilops ovata var. erratica (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy
- Aegilops ovata var. eventricosa Eig
- Aegilops ovata var. geniculata (Roth) Pers.
- Aegilops ovata var. hirsuta Eig
- Aegilops ovata var. lanuginosa Zhuk.
- Aegilops ovata var. microstachys (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy
- Aegilops ovata var. procera (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy
- Aegilops ovata var. puberula Zhuk.
- Aegilops ovata var. pubiglumis (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy
- Aegilops ovata var. vagans (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy
- Aegilops ovata var. vernicosa Zhuk.
and 10 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 59 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: viridian, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yurakuna, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AfroBrazilian, CC BY-SA 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.