Poaceae

Bog hair grass

Deschampsia setacea (Huds.) Hack.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Deschampsia

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Common names

By language (12)

Arabic: ديشمبية ريشية
Catalan: Canche des marais
Dutch: Moerassmele
English: Bog hair grass, Bog hair-grass
Finnish: Rihmalauha
French: Canche des marais
German: Borstblatt-Schmiele, Moorschmiele, Canche des marais
Lithuanian: Canche des marais
Norwegian Bokmål: Bustsmyle
Polish: Śmiałek szczeciniasty
Swedish: Sjötåtel, Canche des marais
Welsh: Brigwellt y gors

Synonyms

Aira caespitosa var. uliginosa (Weihe & Boenn.) Alef.
Aira cespitosa var. uliginosa (Weihe & Boenn.) Alef.
Aira discolor Thuill.
Aira flexuosa f. discolor (Thuill.) Mutel
Aira flexuosa subsp. setacea (Huds.) C.Hartm.
Aira flexuosa var. uliginosa (Weihe & Boenn.) Fr.
Aira montana var. setacea (Huds.) Huds.
Aira scabrosetacea Knapp
Aira setacea Huds.
Aira uliginosa Weihe & Boenn.
Aristavena setacea (Huds.) F.Albers & Butzin
Avena discolor (Thuill.) Lej. & Courtois
Avenella uliginosa (Weihe & Boenn.) Parl.
Deschampsia discolor (Thuill.) P.Beauv.
Deschampsia setacea f. vivipara Holmb.
Deschampsia thuillieri Godr. & Gren.
Deschampsia uliginosa (Weihe & Boenn.) Scheele
Lerchenfeldia uliginosa (Weihe & Boenn.) Schur
Salmasia uliginosa (Weihe & Boenn.) Bubani

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid

Photos

Photo: Herbier PONTARLIER-MARICHAL, 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.