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Tufted wheatgrass

Elymus macrourus (Turcz. ex Steud.) Tzvelev

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Elymus

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Common names

By language (6)
Chinese
光花鹅观草, 少花鵝觀草, 少花鹅观草
English
Tufted wheatgrass
Finnish
Pikkutunturivehniö, Tunturivehniö
Icelandic
Bláhveiti
Norwegian Bokmål
Fjellkveke
Swedish
Fjällelm

Synonyms

  • Agropyron boreale (Turcz.) Drobow
  • Agropyron boreale subsp. boreale
  • Agropyron boreale subsp. scandium (Nevski) Kuvaev
  • Agropyron boreale var. boreale
  • Agropyron dasystachyum var. sericeum (Hitchc.) B.Boivin
  • Agropyron kronokense Kom.
  • Agropyron latiglume subsp. eurasiaticum Hultén
  • Agropyron latiglume subsp. subalpinum (Neuman) Vestergr.
  • Agropyron macrourum (Turcz. ex Steud.) Drobow
  • Agropyron nomokonovii Popov
  • Agropyron sericeum Hitchc.
  • Agropyron turuchanense Reverd.
  • Elymus alaskanus subsp. borealis (Turcz.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Elymus alaskanus subsp. islandicus (Melderis) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Elymus alaskanus subsp. kronokensis (Kom.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Elymus alaskanus subsp. scandicus (Nevski) Melderis
  • Elymus alaskanus subsp. subalpinus (Neuman) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Elymus besczetnovae Kotukhov
  • Elymus borealis (Turcz.) D.F.Cui
  • Elymus borealis var. scandicus (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus dasyphyllus (A.P.Khokhr.) A.P.Khokhr.
  • Elymus kronokensis (Kom.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus kronokensis subsp. borealis (Turcz.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus kronokensis subsp. dasyphyllus A.P.Khokhr.
  • Elymus kronokensis subsp. scandicus (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus kronokensis subsp. subalpinus (Neuman) Tzvelev
  • Elymus kronokensis var. borealis (Turcz.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus kronokensis var. dasyphyllus (A.P.Khokhr.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus kronokensis var. scandicus (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus leianthus (Keng) S.L.Chen
  • Elymus macrourus subsp. neplianus (V.N.Vassil.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus macrourus subsp. pilosivaginatus (Jurtzev) Czerep.
  • Elymus macrourus subsp. turuchanensis (Reverd.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus macrourus var. neplianus (V.N.Vassil.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus macrourus var. pilosivaginatus (Jurtzev) Tzvelev
  • Elymus neoborealis A.P.Khokhr.
  • Elymus neplianus (V.N.Vassil.) Czerep.
  • Elymus scandicus (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Elymus scandicus var. borealis (Turcz.) Tzvelev
  • Elymus turuchanensis (Reverd.) Czerep.

and 16 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native

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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.