Poaceae
Wildrye
Elymus gmelinii
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Elymus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 直穗鹅观草, 直穗鵝觀草, 真穗披碱草, 真穗鹅观草, 百花山鹅观草, 大芒鹅观草
- English
- Wildrye
Synonyms
- Agropyron caninum var. gmelinii (Trin.) Pease & A.H.Moore
- Agropyron gmelinii (Trin.) Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
- Agropyron gmelinii subsp. tenuisetum (Ohwi) T.Koyama
- Agropyron gmelinii var. planifolia Gudoschn.
- Agropyron gmelinii var. tenuisetum (Ohwi) Ohwi
- Agropyron turczaninovii Drobow
- Agropyron turczaninovii var. macrantherum Ohwi
- Agropyron turczaninovii var. tenuisetum Ohwi
- Agropyron turczaninowii var. macratherum Ohwi
- Agropyron turczaninowii var. tenuisetum Ohwi
- Elymus gmelinii subsp. tenuisetus (Ohwi) Á.Löve
- Elymus gmelinii var. gmelinii
- Elymus gmelinii var. macrantherus (Ohwi) S.L.Chen & G.H.Zhu
- Elymus gmelinii var. tenuisetus (Ohwi) Osada
- Elymus sarymsactensis Kotukhov
- Elymus tarbagataicus Kotukhov
- Elytrigia czindogatuica Kotukhov
- Roegneria gmelinii (Trin.) Kitag.
- Roegneria gmelinii var. macranthera (Ohwi) Kitag.
- Roegneria gmelinii var. tenuiseta Ohwi
- Roegneria macrathera (Ohwi) L.B.Cai
- Roegneria turczaninovii (Drobow) Nevski
- Roegneria turczaninovii var. pohuashanensis Keng & S.L.Chen
- Roegneria turczaninovii var. tenuiseta Ohwi
- Roegneria turczaninowii var. tenuiseta H.L.Yang & C.P.Wang
- Semeiostachys turczaninovii (Drobow) Drobow
- Triticum caninum var. gmelinii Ledeb.
- Triticum gmelinii (Trin.) Printz
- Triticum rupestre Turcz. ex Ganesh.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
Photo: Юлия, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Юлия, CC BY 4.0, 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.