Poaceae
Downy alpine oatgrass
Avenula pubescens
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Avenula
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 毛軸異燕麥, 毛轴异燕麦
- Czech
- Ovsíř pýřitý
- English
- Downy alpine oatgrass
- Finnish
- Mäkikaura
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dunhavre
Synonyms
- Arrhenatherum pubescens (Huds.) Samp.
- Arrhenatherum pubescens f. alpinum (Gaudin) Hyl.
- Avena alopecuros Roth
- Avena amethystina DC.
- Avena balloniana Kirschl.
- Avena baumgartenii Steud.
- Avena bornmuelleri Domin
- Avena carpatica Host
- Avena glabra K.Koch
- Avena hirtifolia Boiss.
- Avena hugeninii De Not. ex Steud.
- Avena insubrica (Asch. & Graebn.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
- Avena laevigata Schur
- Avena laevigata var. insubrica Asch. & Graebn.
- Avena lucida Bertol.
- Avena pseudolucida Schur
- Avena pubescens Huds.
- Avena pubescens f. diantha Heuff.
- Avena pubescens f. latifolia Printz
- Avena pubescens f. stenophylla Domin
- Avena pubescens f. trinervis Neuman
- Avena pubescens subsp. amethystina (DC.) Clarion ex DC.
- Avena pubescens subsp. hugueninii (De Not. ex Steud.) K.Richt.
- Avena pubescens subsp. insubrica (Asch. & Graebn.) Hegi
- Avena pubescens subsp. lucida (Bertol.) Arcang.
- Avena pubescens var. alpestris C.Hartm.
- Avena pubescens var. alpina Gaudin
- Avena pubescens var. balloniana (Kirschl.) Jess.
- Avena pubescens var. colorata Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
- Avena pubescens var. glabrescens Schur
- Avena pubescens var. insubrica (Asch. & Graebn.) Fiori
- Avena pubescens var. longifolia Boiss.
- Avena pubescens var. monticola Velen.
- Avena pubescens var. simplex Ducommun
- Avena pubescens var. straminea Norman
- Avena sesquitertia L.
- Avena varia Schur
- Avena versicolor Baumg. ex Steud.
- Avenastrum insubricum (Asch. & Graebn.) Fritsch
- Avenastrum laevigatum (Schur) Domin
and 55 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 10:29, 12 January 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Pizzutti Roberto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Kenraiz - Krzysztof Ziarnek, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mougin7, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.