Poaceae
Drooping woodreed
Cinna latifolia
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cinna
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- سينا لاتيفوليا
- Belarusian
- Цына шыракалістая
- Chinese
- 单蕊草
- English
- Drooping woodreed
- Estonian
- Laialehine nestik
- Finnish
- Hajuheinä
- Latvian
- Platlapu cinna
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Huldregras, Huldregress
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Huldregras
- Russian
- Цинна широколистная
- Swedish
- Sötgräs, Sötgrässläktet
Synonyms
- Agrostis alba var. koreensis Nakai
- Agrostis latifolia Trevir. ex Göpp.
- Agrostis suaveolens Blytt
- Agrostis suaveolens Blytt ex Sommerf.
- Blyttia suaveolens (Blytt ex Sommerf.) Fr.
- Cinna arundinacea var. pendula (Trin.) A.Gray
- Cinna expansa Link
- Cinna kamtschatica Rupr.
- Cinna latifolia var. glomerata Scribn.
- Cinna latifolia var. glomerula (Scribn.) Beal
- Cinna pendula (Trin.) Trin.
- Cinna pendula var. acutiflora Vasey
- Cinna pendula var. glomerula Scribn.
- Cinna pendula var. glomerulata Macoun
- Cinna pendula var. mutica Vasey
- Cinna suaveolens Rupr. ex Ledeb.
- Muhlenbergia baicalensis Trin. ex Turcz.
- Muhlenbergia pendula Trin.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.