Poaceae
Clavate bentgrass
Agrostis clavata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Agrostis
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 华北剪股颖, 翦股穎, 剪股颖, 沙蓬, 華北剪股颖, 四川剪股颖, 广东剪股颖, 武陵剪股颖
- English
- Clavate bentgrass
- Finnish
- Hoikkarölli
- Korean
- 겨이삭
- Russian
- Полевица булавовидная, Полевица короткотычиночная
- Swedish
- Köseven
Synonyms
- Agrostis abakanensis Less. ex Trin.
- Agrostis bottnica Murb.
- Agrostis clavata f. aprica H.Lindb.
- Agrostis clavata f. flaccida Krylov
- Agrostis clavata f. robustior Krylov
- Agrostis clavata f. umbrosa H.Lindb.
- Agrostis clavata subsp. clavata
- Agrostis clavata subsp. matsumurae (Hack. ex Honda) Tateoka
- Agrostis clavata var. macilenta (Keng) Y.C.Yang
- Agrostis clavata var. nukabo Ohwi
- Agrostis clavata var. putoranica Peschkova
- Agrostis clavata var. szechuanica Y.C.Tong ex Y.C.Yang
- Agrostis exarata subsp. clavata (Trin.) T.Koyama
- Agrostis exarata subsp. nukabo (Ohwi) T.Koyama
- Agrostis exarata var. nukabo (Ohwi) T.Koyama
- Agrostis formosana Ohwi
- Agrostis macilenta Keng
- Agrostis macrothyrsa Hack.
- Agrostis matsumurae Hack. ex Honda
- Agrostis perarta Keng f.
- Agrostis szechuanica (Y.C.Tong ex Y.C.Yang) L.Liu
- Agrostis teberdensis Litv.
- Agrostis tenuiflora Steud.
- Agrostis wulingensis Honda
- Trichodium clavatum (Trin.) Schult. & Schult.f.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
Photos
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yurii Basov, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yurii Basov, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 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.