Poaceae

Brown bentgrass

Agrostis vinealis Schreb.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Agrostis

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Brown bentgrass (Agrostis vinealis) — FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (17)

Arabic: نجير كرمي, أغروستيس كرمي, النجير الكرمي
arz: اغروستيس كرمى
Chinese: 芒剪股颖, 芒剪股穎, 北疆剪股颖, 昆明剪股颖
Czech: Psineček tuhý
Dutch: Zandstruisgras
English: Brown bentgrass, Brown bent
Estonian: Mägi-kastehein
Finnish: Jäykkärölli
German: Sandstraussgras, Schmalrispiges Straußgras
hsb: Wuskokitkata wjechelca
Icelandic: Títulíngresi
Norwegian Bokmål: Bergkvein
Polish: Mietlica piaskowa
Slovenian: Resavska šopulja
Swedish: Bergven
Ukrainian: Мітлиця виноградникова
Welsh: Maeswellt-y-cŵn y mynydd

Synonyms

Agrostis alba subsp. vinealis (Schreb.) K.Richt.
Agrostis alba subvar. coarctata (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Blytt
Agrostis alba var. coarctata (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Coss. & Durieu
Agrostis alba var. coarctata (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Coss. & Germ.
Agrostis alba var. vinealis (Schreb.) K.Richt.
Agrostis arida (Schltdl.) F.Herm.
Agrostis borealis subsp. elatior Hartm.
Agrostis borealis var. elongata Norman
Agrostis borealis var. hyperborea (Laest.) Hartm.
Agrostis buchtarmensis Kotukhov
Agrostis calamagrostoides Regel
Agrostis canina f. arida (Schltdl.) Junge
Agrostis canina subsp. montana (Hartm.) Hartm.
Agrostis canina subsp. pusilla (Dumort.) Malag.
Agrostis canina subsp. trinii (Turcz.) Hultén
Agrostis canina var. arida Schltdl.
Agrostis canina var. capillaris Sinclair
Agrostis canina var. coarctata (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) G.Mey.
Agrostis canina var. elatior (Hartm.) Lange
Agrostis canina var. glauca Godr.
Agrostis canina var. grandiflora Druce
Agrostis canina var. laevis Hack. ex Druce
Agrostis canina var. montana Hartm.
Agrostis canina var. montana Blytt
Agrostis canina var. pusilla (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn.
Agrostis canina var. pusilla (Dumort.) Brand
Agrostis canina var. scotica Druce
Agrostis canina var. spiculis-majoribus Balansa
Agrostis canina var. sylvatica Schltdl.
Agrostis canina var. tenuifolia Boiss.
Agrostis canina var. vulgata Döll
Agrostis coarctata Ehrh. ex Hoffm.
Agrostis coarctata subsp. hyperborea (Laest.) H.Scholz
Agrostis coarctata subsp. syreistschikowii (P.A.Smirn.) H.Scholz
Agrostis coarctata subsp. trinii (Turcz.) H.Scholz
Agrostis coarctata var. nyaradyana Beldie
Agrostis coarctata var. subalpina (Schur) Beldie
Agrostis decumbens var. coarctata (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Pauquy
Agrostis ericetorum Préaub. & Bouvet
Agrostis flaccida subsp. trinii (Turcz.) T.Koyama

and 63 more.

Flowers

In flower: June to August (from 26 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Greenland: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: David Mercier, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: David Mercier, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Urgamal Magsar, 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.