Poaceae
Wavy hair-grass
Avenella flexuosa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Avenella
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- ديشمبية متعرجة
- arz
- ديشمبيه متعرجه
- Belarusian
- Вострыца звілістая
- Bulgarian
- Къдрава плъстица
- Catalan
- Canche flexueuse
- Chinese
- 曲芒发草, 曲芒髮草, 米芒
- csb
- Pòdżãti òwsk
- Czech
- Metlička křivolaká, Herba erotica, Hříšná tráva, Metlice křivolaká
- Danish
- Bølget bunke
- Dutch
- Bochtige smele
- English
- Wavy hair-grass, Wavy hairgrass, Hairgrass
- Estonian
- Võnk-kastevars
- Finnish
- Metsälauha
- French
- Canche flexueuse, Deschampsie flexueuse
- German
- Draht-Schmiele, Drahtschmiele, Geschlängelte Schmiele
- hsb
- Lěsna šmica
- Hungarian
- Erdei sédbúza
- Irish
- Móinfhéar
- Latvian
- Liektā ciņusmilga
- Lithuanian
- Lanksčioji šluotsmilgė, Canche flexueuse
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Smyle, Smylebunke
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Smyle
- Polish
- Śmiałek pogięty
- Russian
- Луговик извилистый, Лерхенфельдия извилистая, Овсик извилистый, Щучка извилистая
- Spanish
- Heno, Heno común
- Swedish
- Kruståtel, Canche flexueuse, Fjällkruståtel, Kruståda, Vanlig kruståtel
- Ukrainian
- Авінелла звивиста
- Walloon
- Waide des bwès
- Welsh
- Brigwellt main
Synonyms
- Aira flexuosa L.
- Arundo flexuosa (L.) Clairv.
- Avena flexuosa (L.) Schrank
- Avena montana var. adultior Weber
- Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin.
- Deschampsia flexuosa f. vivipara Hyl.
- Hierochloe borealis subsp. setifolia (Hartm.) Andersson
- Hierochloe setifolia Hartm.
- Lerchenfeldia flexuosa (L.) Schur
- Podionapus flexuosus (L.) Dulac
- Salmasia flexuosa (L.) Bubani
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 51 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: hecklemore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Floris Vanderhaeghe, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vladimír Fuka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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). About our plant data.