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Wildrye

Elymus ciliaris (Trin.) Tzvelev

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Elymus

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Common names

By language (4)
Chinese
纤毛鹅观草, 纖毛披鹼草, 纤毛披碱草, 竖立鹅观草, 竪立鵝觀草, 细叶鹅观草, 毛叶纤毛草, 毛叶鹅观草
English
Wildrye, Slender wheatgrass
Japanese
アオカモジクサ
Korean
가는개밀

Synonyms

  • Agropyron amurense Drobow
  • Agropyron ciliare (Trin.) Franch.
  • Agropyron ciliare f. hackelianum (Honda) Y.N.Lee
  • Agropyron ciliare f. japonense (Honda) Ohwi
  • Agropyron ciliare f. macilentum (Honda) Ohwi
  • Agropyron ciliare f. mite (Honda) Ohwi
  • Agropyron ciliare f. okuyamae Ohwi
  • Agropyron ciliare f. submuticum (Honda) Ohwi
  • Agropyron ciliare subsp. amurense (Drobow) T.Koyama
  • Agropyron ciliare subsp. minor (Miq.) T.Koyama
  • Agropyron ciliare var. hackelianum (Honda) Ohwi
  • Agropyron ciliare var. hondae Keng
  • Agropyron ciliare var. integrum Keng
  • Agropyron ciliare var. lasiophyllum Kitag.
  • Agropyron ciliare var. minor (Miq.) Ohwi
  • Agropyron ciliare var. minus (Miq.) Ohwi
  • Agropyron ciliare var. pauperum Keng
  • Agropyron ciliare var. pilosum (Korsh.) Honda
  • Agropyron ciliare var. submuticum Honda
  • Agropyron hackelianum (Honda) Beetle
  • Agropyron integrum (Keng) Keng
  • Agropyron japonense Honda
  • Agropyron japonense var. hackelianum Honda
  • Agropyron japonense var. macilentum Honda
  • Agropyron japonicum (Miq.) P.Candargy
  • Agropyron japonicum Honda
  • Agropyron japonicum var. hackelianum Honda
  • Agropyron mite Honda
  • Agropyron racemiferum (Steud.) Koidz.
  • Agropyron semicostatum var. ciliare (Trin.) Hack.
  • Agropyron semicostatum var. hispidum Hack. ex T.Mori
  • Brachypodium chinense S.Moore
  • Brachypodium ciliare (Trin.) Maxim.
  • Brachypodium japonicum Miq.
  • Brachypodium japonicum var. minor Miq.
  • Brachypodium japonicum var. minus Miq.
  • Bromus conformis Steud.
  • Bromus racemifer Steud.
  • Elymus amurensis (Drobow) Czerep.
  • Elymus ciliaris subsp. amurensis (Drobow) Tzvelev

and 32 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid

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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.