Poaceae
Montana wheatgrass
Elymus albicans
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Elymus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Montana wheatgrass
Synonyms
- Agropyron albicans Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
- Agropyron albicans var. albicans
- Agropyron albicans var. griffithsii (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Beetle
- Agropyron bowdenii B.Boivin
- Agropyron griffithsii Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
- Elymus albicans var. albicans
- Elymus albicans var. griffithsii (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Dorn
- Elymus bowdenii (B.Boivin) M.H.J.van der Meer
- Elymus griffithsii (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Á.Löve
- Elymus lanceolatus subsp. albicans (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Barkworth & D.R.Dewey
- Elytrigia dasystachya subsp. albicans (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) D.R.Dewey
- Roegneria albicans (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Beetle
- Roegneria albicans var. albicans
- Roegneria albicans var. griffithsii (Scribn. & J.G.Sm. ex Piper) Beetle
- Zeia albicans (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Lunell
- Zeia griffithsii (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Lunell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: 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.