Poaceae

Purple smallreed

Calamagrostis canescens (Weber) Roth

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Calamagrostis

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Purple smallreed (Calamagrostis canescens) — FlowerPhoto: jirki88, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (21)

arz: كانيسينس كالاماجروستيس
Belarusian: Пажарніца сіваватая, Круглая трава, Пажарніца віленская, Пажарніца ланцэтная
Bulgarian: Сив вейник
Czech: Třtina šedavá
Dutch: Hennegras
English: Purple smallreed, Purple small-reed
Estonian: Sookastik
Finnish: Viitakastikka
French: Calamagrostide blanchâtre
German: Sumpf-Reitgras, Lanzettliches Reitgras
hsb: Bahnowa smjelzyna
Hungarian: Dárdás nádtippan, Puha nádtippan
Kazakh: Қандауыр айрауық
Latvian: Purvāja ciesa
Lithuanian: Siauralapis lendrūnas
Norwegian Bokmål: Vassrørkvein
Polish: Trzcinnik lancetowaty
Russian: Вейник седеющий, Вейник седой, Вейник сероватый, Вейник серый
Swedish: Grenrör
Ukrainian: Куничник сіруватий
Welsh: Corsen fach flewog

Synonyms

Achnatherum lanceolatum (Roth) P.Beauv.
Achnatherum lanceolatum var. pilosum Gray
Agrostis lanceolata (Roth) Roem. & Schult.
Agrostis ramosa (Host) Roem. & Schult.
Arundo calamagrostis L.
Arundo calamaria Salisb.
Arundo canescens Weber
Arundo contracta Gilib.
Arundo gracilis Schumach.
Arundo lanceolata Vest
Arundo leersii Koch
Arundo lithuanica Schult. & Schult.f.
Arundo ramosa Schult.
Arundo riparia Willd. ex Steud.
Arundo schleicheriana Besser
Arundo vilnensis Schult. & Schult.f.
Athernotus lanceolatus (Roth) Dulac
Calamagrostis calamagrostis (L.) H.Karst.
Calamagrostis calamagrostis f. rufescens Zalewski
Calamagrostis canescens f. convoluta (Podp.) Soó
Calamagrostis canescens f. geniculata (Torges) Soó
Calamagrostis canescens f. gracilis (Lange) Soó
Calamagrostis canescens f. hirta (Sanio) Soó
Calamagrostis canescens f. hypacrathera (Torges) Soó
Calamagrostis canescens f. macrathera (Prahl) Soó
Calamagrostis canescens f. pallida (Lange) Soó
Calamagrostis canescens f. parviflora (Harz ex B.Fedtsch.) Soó
Calamagrostis canescens f. ramiflora (Prahl) Soó
Calamagrostis canescens f. ramosa (Host) Soó
Calamagrostis canescens f. rufescens Soó
Calamagrostis canescens f. viridis (Torges ex Junge) Soó
Calamagrostis canescens subsp. vilnensis (Besser) H.Scholz
Calamagrostis canescens var. rudimentigera (Litv. ex Roshev.) Tzvelev
Calamagrostis gaudiniana Rchb.
Calamagrostis halleriana Fr.
Calamagrostis lanceolata Roth
Calamagrostis lanceolata f. convoluta Podp.
Calamagrostis lanceolata f. gracilis Lange
Calamagrostis lanceolata f. hirta Sanio
Calamagrostis lanceolata f. hypacrathera Torges

and 22 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid

Photos

FlowerPhoto: jirki88, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 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.