Poaceae

Blasdale bentgrass

Agrostis blasdalei Hitchc.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Agrostis

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Blasdale bentgrass: Agrostis blasdalei at Point Reyes National Seashore (Marin County, California, US). "Photos copyrighted as, "Robert Steers/NPS," are public domain and can be us — Photo: Robert Steers/NPS, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: Blasdale bentgrass

Synonyms

Agrostis blasdalei var. blasdalei
Agrostis blasdalei var. marinensis Crampton

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Robert Steers/NPS, CC0, 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.