Poaceae
Desert wheatgrass
Agropyron desertorum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Agropyron
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- رزين صحراوي, عكرش صحراوي
- arz
- رزين صحراوى
- Chinese
- 沙生冰草
- English
- Desert wheatgrass, Clustered wheat grass, Desert crested wheatgrass, Standard crested wheatgrass
- Finnish
- Aroharjasvehnä
- Kazakh
- Шөл бидайық
- Persian
- چمنگندمی بیابانی
Synonyms
- Agropyron angarense Peschkova
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Á.Löve
- Agropyron cristatum var. desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Dorn
- Agropyron desertorum var. dasyphyllum Roshev.
- Agropyron desertorum var. desertorum
- Agropyron desertorum var. muticum Roshev.
- Agropyron desertorum var. pilosiusculum Melderis
- Agropyron desertorum var. typicum Roshev.
- Agropyron sibiricum var. desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Boiss.
- Agropyron sinkiangense D.F.Cui
- Agropyron wangii (C.Yen, J.L.Yang & B.R.Baum) Tzvelev
- Douglasdeweya wangii C.Yen, J.L.Yang & B.R.Baum
- Eremopyrum sibiricum var. desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) P.Candargy
- Triticum desertorum Fisch. ex Link
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Анна Митрошенкова, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jesenia K., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Анна Митрошенкова, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Татьяна Максимова, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Татьяна Максимова, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ELAR corporation, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ELAR corporation, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ELAR corporation, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MHA Herbarium, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MHA Herbarium, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ELAR corporation, 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.