Poaceae

Barbed goatgrass

Aegilops triuncialis L.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Aegilops

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Barbed goatgrass (Aegilops triuncialis) — FlowerPhoto: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (11)

Arabic: دوسر ثلاثي البوصات, دوسر بوشيري
arz: دوسر ثلاثى البوصات
Bulgarian: Триунциево диво жито
Chinese: 三芒山羊草, 短穗山羊草, 节节麦
Dutch: Drienaald-geiteoog
English: Barbed goatgrass
Macedonian: Издолжена острица
Persian: گندمنیای سهلایه
Slovenian: Dolgoresa ostika
Spanish: Araguelas, Araguelles, Rompe sacos, Rompe-sacos, Trigo morisco, Trigo morisco pinchudo, Zaraguelle, Zaragueyes
Swedish: Treuddigt borstvete

Synonyms

Aegilopodes triuncialis (L.) Á.Löve
Aegilopodes triuncialis subsp. persica (Boiss. ex Hohen.) Á.Löve
Aegilopodes triuncialis subsp. triuncialis
Aegilops aristata Req. ex Bertol.
Aegilops buschirica Roshev.
Aegilops croatica Gand.
Aegilops echinata C.Presl
Aegilops elongata Lam.
Aegilops ovata subsp. triaristata (Willd.) Jáv.
Aegilops ovata var. triaristata (Willd.) W.D.J.Koch
Aegilops ovata var. triaristata (Willd.) Coss. & Durand
Aegilops ovata var. triaristata (Willd.) H.Lindb.
Aegilops persica Boiss.
Aegilops persica Boiss. ex Hohen.
Aegilops squarrosa L.
Aegilops squarrosa subsp. eusquarrosa Eig
Aegilops squarrosa subsp. squarrosa
Aegilops squarrosa subsp. typica Zhuk.
Aegilops squarrosa var. typica Eig
Aegilops triaristata Req. ex Bertol.
Aegilops triuncialis f. brunnea (Popova) K.Hammer
Aegilops triuncialis f. ferruginea (Popova) K.Hammer
Aegilops triuncialis f. flavescens (Popova) K.Hammer
Aegilops triuncialis f. hirsuta H.Lindb.
Aegilops triuncialis f. nigroalbescens (Popova) K.Hammer
Aegilops triuncialis f. nigroferruginea (Popova) K.Hammer
Aegilops triuncialis f. nigroflavescens (Popova) K.Hammer
Aegilops triuncialis f. nigrorubiginosa (Popova) K.Hammer
Aegilops triuncialis f. rubiginosa (Popova) K.Hammer
Aegilops triuncialis f. subglabra H.Lindb.
Aegilops triuncialis subsp. bozdagensis Cabi & Dogan
Aegilops triuncialis subsp. caput-medusae Zhuk.
Aegilops triuncialis subsp. eutriuncialis Eig
Aegilops triuncialis subsp. fascicularis Zhuk.
Aegilops triuncialis subsp. orientalis Eig
Aegilops triuncialis subsp. persica (Boiss. ex Hohen.) Zhuk.
Aegilops triuncialis subsp. typica Zhuk.
Aegilops triuncialis subvar. glauca Miczyn
Aegilops triuncialis subvar. hirsuta (H.Lindb.) Jahand. & Maire
Aegilops triuncialis subvar. hispida Miczyn

and 27 more.

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Noé Fleury Frouart, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ernesto Chavez-Velasco, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Louis Aureglia, 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.