Poaceae
Wideleaf polargrass
Arctagrostis latifolia
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Arctagrostis
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Wideleaf polargrass
- Finnish
- Lapinhilpi
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Russegress
- Swedish
- Ryssgräs
Synonyms
- Arctagrostis anadyrensis V.N.Vassil.
- Arctagrostis aristulata Petrov
- Arctagrostis glauca Petrov
- Arctagrostis latifolia f. aristata Holmb.
- Arctagrostis latifolia f. latifolia
- Arctagrostis latifolia subsp. gigantea Tzvelev
- Arctagrostis latifolia subsp. latifolia
- Arctagrostis latifolia subsp. nahanniensis A.E.Porsild
- Arctagrostis latifolia var. aristulata (Petrov) Tzvelev
- Arctagrostis latifolia var. gigantea (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
- Arctagrostis latifolia var. latifolia
- Arctagrostis latifolia var. longiglumis Polunin
- Arctagrostis stricta Petrov
- Cinna brownii Rupr.
- Colpodium latifolium R.Br.
- Colpodium latifolium var. viviparum Scheutz
- Panicularia latifolia (R.Br.) Kuntze
- Vilfa xerampelina Trin.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native
Photos
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Владимир Береснев, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Владимир Береснев, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Илья Руденко, 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.