Poaceae
Three-awned goatgrass
Aegilops neglecta
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Aegilops
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- دوسر مهمل, دوسر مختلط, دوسر منقبض, دوسرج, ابو حديج, شعر ابليس
- arz
- دوسر مهمل
- Bulgarian
- Пренебрегнато диво жито
- Chinese
- 短穗山羊草, 卵穗山羊草
- Croatian
- Jajolika ostika
- English
- Three-awned goatgrass
- German
- Vernachlässigter Walch, Übersehener Walch
- Macedonian
- Јајцевидна острица
- Slovenian
- Navadna ostika
- Swedish
- Borstbockvete
Synonyms
- Aegilops algeriensis Gand.
- Aegilops calida Gand.
- Aegilops campicola Gand.
- Aegilops contracta (Eig) H.Scholz
- Aegilops fausii Sennen ex Eig
- Aegilops fonsii Sennen
- Aegilops geniculata var. latiarista (Lange) K.Hammer
- Aegilops geniculata var. latiaristata (Lange) K.Hammer
- Aegilops gussonei Link
- Aegilops mesantha Gand.
- Aegilops mixta Sennen
- Aegilops neglecta subsp. contracta (Eig) H.Scholz
- Aegilops neglecta subsp. recta (Zhuk.) K.Hammer
- Aegilops neglecta var. contorta (Zhuk.) K.Hammer
- Aegilops neglecta var. ochreata (Zhuk.) K.Hammer
- Aegilops neglecta var. quadriaristata (Eig) K.Hammer
- Aegilops neglecta var. trojana (Eig) K.Hammer
- Aegilops ovata L.
- Aegilops ovata Roth
- Aegilops ovata subsp. euovata Eig
- Aegilops ovata subsp. triaristata (Bluff, Nees & Schauer) Rouy
- Aegilops ovata subvar. subbiaristata Trab.
- Aegilops ovata var. latiaristata Lange
- Aegilops ovata var. triaristata Bluff, Nees & Schauer
- Aegilops ovata var. trispiculata Trab.
- Aegilops ovata var. typica Zhuk.
- Aegilops ovata var. virescens (Jord. & Fourr.) Rouy
- Aegilops ovata var. vulgaris Eig
- Aegilops recta (Zhuk.) Chennav.
- Aegilops triaristata Willd.
- Aegilops triaristata f. kabylica Trab.
- Aegilops triaristata subsp. attenuata E.Schiem.
- Aegilops triaristata subsp. contorta Zhuk.
- Aegilops triaristata subsp. contracta Eig
- Aegilops triaristata subsp. elongata E.Schiem.
- Aegilops triaristata subsp. intermixta Zhuk.
- Aegilops triaristata subsp. quadriaristata Eig
- Aegilops triaristata subsp. recta Zhuk.
- Aegilops triaristata subsp. typica Eig
- Aegilops triaristata subvar. robusta Trab.
and 19 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Abdenour Kheloufi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Flora_DUMO, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Argo Navis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Delon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrea Meucci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.