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Bentgrass

Agrostis castellana Boiss. & Reut.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Agrostis

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Bentgrass (Agrostis castellana)
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Common names

By language (12)
Arabic
نجير قشتالي, أغروستيس قشتالي, النجير القشتالي
arz
اغروستيس قشتالى
Bulgarian
Кастилска полевица
Czech
Psineček kastilský
English
Bentgrass, Highland bent
Finnish
Etelänrölli
German
Kastilisches Straußgras
hsb
Kastiliska wjechelca
Portuguese
Feno-da-Madeira
Slovenian
Kastiljska šopulja
Swedish
Spanskven
Welsh
Maeswellt y lawnt

Synonyms

  • Agrostis alba subsp. castellana (Boiss. & Reut.) P.Fourn.
  • Agrostis alba var. hispanica (Boiss. & Reut.) Maire & Weiller
  • Agrostis alba var. mutica (Boiss. & Reut.) Rouy
  • Agrostis alba var. olivetorum (Godr.) Fiori
  • Agrostis alba var. olivetorum (Gren. & Godr.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Agrostis azorica (Hochst. ex Seub.) Tutin & E.F.Warb.
  • Agrostis azorica var. rigidifolia Tutin & E.F.Warb.
  • Agrostis bolivaris Sennen
  • Agrostis byzantina Boiss.
  • Agrostis byzantina var. segetior Hausskn.
  • Agrostis byzantina var. vegetior Hausskn.
  • Agrostis canariensis Parl.
  • Agrostis capillaris subsp. castellana (Boiss. & Reut.) O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo
  • Agrostis capillaris subsp. olivetorum (Godr.) O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo
  • Agrostis capillaris var. olivetorum (Godr.) Kerguélen
  • Agrostis castellana f. heterophylla Hack.
  • Agrostis castellana subsp. byzantina (Boiss.) Hack. ex Kneuck.
  • Agrostis castellana subsp. tricuspidata (Hack.) Nyman
  • Agrostis castellana subvar. heterophylla Hack.
  • Agrostis castellana var. communis Menezes
  • Agrostis castellana var. elongata Fouill.
  • Agrostis castellana var. hispanica (Boiss. & Reut.) Hack.
  • Agrostis castellana var. hispanica (Boiss. & Reut.) Ball
  • Agrostis castellana var. mixta Hack.
  • Agrostis castellana var. mixta (Hack.) Briq.
  • Agrostis castellana var. multiflora Foucaud
  • Agrostis castellana var. mutica (Boiss. & Reut.) Kerguélen ex Romero García, Blanca & C.Morales
  • Agrostis castellana var. mutica (Boiss. & Reut.) Kerguélen ex Romero García, Blanca & C.Morales
  • Agrostis castellana var. olivetorum (Godr.) Kerguélen
  • Agrostis cavanillesiana Font Quer
  • Agrostis delicatula Pourr. ex Lapeyr.
  • Agrostis gigantea subsp. moldavica (Dobrescu & Beldie) Dihoru
  • Agrostis hispanica Boiss. & Reut.
  • Agrostis hispanica var. mutica Boiss. & Reut.
  • Agrostis lusitanica Steud.
  • Agrostis moldavica Dobrescu & Beldie
  • Agrostis olivetorum Godr.
  • Agrostis parlatorei Breistr.
  • Agrostis pauciflora Costa
  • Agrostis schottii Trin.

and 11 more.

Characteristics

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

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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.