Poaceae
Loose silkybent
Apera spica-venti
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Apera
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Common names
By language (19)
- Armenian
- Հողմախոտ
- Belarusian
- Мятлічка звычайная, Мятла, Мятлюг, Мятлічка, Мятлічка палявая
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена ветрушка
- Croatian
- Jednogodišnja rosulja
- Czech
- Chundelka metlice
- Danish
- Vindaks
- Dutch
- Grote windhalm
- English
- Loose silkybent, Loose silky-bent
- Estonian
- Harilik rukkihein
- Finnish
- Peltoluoho, Luoho
- French
- Jouet du vent
- German
- Gemeiner Windhalm, Gewöhnlicher Windhalm, Windhalm, Acker-Windhalm
- hsb
- Wšědna třasawka
- Latvian
- Parastā rudzusmilga
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Åkerkvein
- Polish
- Miotła zbożowa
- Russian
- Метлица обыкновенная
- Slovenian
- Navadni srakoperec
- Swedish
- Kösa
Synonyms
- Agraulus anemagrostoides (Trin.) Trin.
- Agrostis anemagrostis Syme
- Agrostis anemagrostis subsp. spica-venti (L.) Syme
- Agrostis anemagrostoides Trin.
- Agrostis boetica Colla
- Agrostis effusa Spreng.
- Agrostis filiformis Vill.
- Agrostis gracilis Salisb.
- Agrostis purpurea Gaudin
- Agrostis rupestris var. filiformis (Vill.) Link
- Agrostis spica-venti L.
- Agrostis spica-venti f. flavida Waisb.
- Agrostis spica-venti f. violacea Waisb.
- Agrostis spica-venti var. purpurea (Gaudin) Schleich. ex Mutel
- Agrostis spica-venti var. purpurea (Gaudin) Fr.
- Agrostis spicaventi var. biflora Pauquy
- Agrostis spicaventi var. diffusa Neilr.
- Agrostis spicaventi var. gracilis St.-Lag.
- Agrostis spicaventi var. lutea Tinant
- Agrostis spicaventi var. patula Lej. & Courtois
- Agrostis spicaventi var. pumila Tinant
- Agrostis spicaventi var. virescens Tinant
- Agrostis ventosa Dulac
- Anemagrostis spica-venti (L.) Trin.
- Apera effusa Gray
- Apera longiseta Klokov
- Apera maritima Klokov
- Apera purpurea (Gaudin) P.Beauv.
- Apera spica-venti f. flavida (Waisb.) Soó
- Apera spica-venti f. prorepens (Schur) Serb.
- Apera spica-venti f. purpurea (Gaudin) Serb.
- Apera spica-venti f. violacea (Waisb.) Soó
- Apera spica-venti subsp. maritima (Klokov) Tzvelev
- Apera spica-venti subsp. spica-venti
- Apera spica-venti var. prorepens Schur
- Apera spica-venti var. purpurea (Gaudich.) Rouy
- Apera spica-venti var. purpurea (Gaudin) Schur
- Apera spicaventi var. acuta Peterm.
- Apera spicaventi var. aurea Podp.
- Apera spicaventi var. contracta Podp.
and 14 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Михайло Жук, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bildoj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dominique Jacquin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radosław Puchałka, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bildoj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vladimir Atachkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marcin Dyderski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.