Poaceae
Rough bentgrass
Agrostis scabra
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Agrostis
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Common names
By language (10)
- arz
- اجروستيس غرب
- Czech
- Psineček řídkokvětý
- Dutch
- Zilverstruisgras
- English
- Rough bentgrass
- Estonian
- Kahar kastehein
- Finnish
- Rikkarölli
- German
- Raues Straußgras
- hsb
- Hruba wjechelca
- Swedish
- Kvarnven
- Welsh
- Maeswellt garw
Synonyms
- Agrostis geminata f. exaristata Fernald
- Agrostis geminata f. geminata
- Agrostis hyemalis f. exaristata (Fernald) Scoggan
- Agrostis hyemalis var. keweenawensis Farw.
- Agrostis hyemalis var. laxiflora (Bigelow ex Michx.) Beetle
- Agrostis hyemalis var. scabra (Willd.) Blomq.
- Agrostis hyemalis var. tenuis (Tuck.) Gleason
- Agrostis laxa Pursh
- Agrostis laxiflora (Bigelow ex Michx.) Richardson
- Agrostis laxiflora f. tuckermanii Fernald
- Agrostis laxiflora var. caespitosa Torr.
- Agrostis laxiflora var. montana (Torr.) Tuck.
- Agrostis laxiflora var. scabra (Willd.) Torr.
- Agrostis laxiflora var. tenuis (Tuck.) Torr.
- Agrostis michauxii var. laxiflora (Bigelow ex Michx.) A.Gray
- Agrostis pauzhetica Prob.
- Agrostis peckii House
- Agrostis scabra f. exaristata (Fernald) Hultén
- Agrostis scabra f. setigera Fernald
- Agrostis scabra subsp. septentrionalis (Fernald) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Agrostis scabra var. aristata Hultén
- Agrostis scabra var. keweenawensis (Farw.) Farw.
- Agrostis scabra var. montana (Torr.) Fernald
- Agrostis scabra var. oreophila Alph.Wood
- Agrostis scabra var. scabra
- Agrostis scabra var. septentrionalis Fernald
- Agrostis scabra var. tenuis Tuck.
- Agrostis scabrata Nutt. ex A.Gray
- Agrostis scabriuscula Buckley
- Agrostis torreyi Tuck.
- Trichodium laxiflorum Bigelow ex Michx.
- Trichodium montanum Torr.
- Trichodium scabrum Muhl.
- Vilfa scabra P.Beauv.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Turner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug Macaulay, 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.