Poaceae
Mosquitograss
Dasypyrum villosum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dasypyrum
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Common names
By language (4)
- Czech
- Kosmáč huňatý
- English
- Mosquitograss
- Finnish
- Pensseliheinä
- Swedish
- Penselråg
Synonyms
- Agropyron caudatum (Pers.) P.Beauv.
- Agropyron villosum (L.) Link
- Dasypyrum villosum f. coloratum (Rohlena) Soó
- Dasypyrum villosum var. glabratum Borbás
- Haynaldia villosa (L.) Schur
- Haynaldia villosa f. colorata Rohlena
- Haynaldia villosa var. glabrata (Borbás) Anghel
- Hordeum ciliatum Lam.
- Pseudosecale villosum (L.) Degen
- Pseudosecale villosum var. glabratum Borbás
- Pseudosecale villosum var. glabratum Borbás
- Secale villosum L.
- Secale villosum var. multiflorum Guss.
- Triticum caudatum Pers.
- Triticum villosum (L.) M.Bieb.
- Triticum villosum var. barbulatum Lojac.
- Triticum villosum var. glabratum (Borbás) Asch. & Graebn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Flora_DUMO, 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.