Tundra wildrye

Common names

Synonyms

• Agropyron boreale subsp. hyperarcticum (Polunin) Melderis
• Agropyron boreale var. hyperarcticum (Polunin) S.L.Welsh
• Agropyron sajanense (Nevski) Grubov
• Agropyron violaceum var. hyperarcticum Polunin
• Elymus alaskanus subsp. hyperarcticus (Polunin) Á.Löve & D.Löve
• Elymus alaskanus subsp. sajanensis (Nevski) Á.Löve
• Elymus alaskanus subsp. villosus (V.N.Vassil.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
• Elymus hyperarcticus (Polunin) Tzvelev
• Elymus hyperarcticus subsp. villosus (V.N.Vassil.) Vorosch.
• Elymus laxe-pilosus (Jurtzev) A.P.Khokhr.
• Elymus sajanensis subsp. coeruleus (Jurtzev) Tzvelev
• Elymus sajanensis subsp. hyperarcticus (Polunin) Tzvelev
• Elymus sajanensis subsp. villosus (V.N.Vassil.) Tzvelev
• Elymus vassiljevii Czerep.
• Elymus vassiljevii subsp. coeruleus (Jurtzev) Czerep.
• Elymus vassiljevii subsp. laxe-pilosus (Jurtzev) Czerep.
• Elymus vassiljevii var. laxe-pilosus (Jurtzev) Tzvelev
• Roegneria borealis subsp. hyperarctica (Polunin) Á.Löve & D.Löve
• Roegneria borealis var. hyperarctica (Polunin) Melderis
• Roegneria hyperarctica (Polunin) Tzvelev
• Roegneria sajanensis Nevski
• Roegneria villosa V.N.Vassil.
• Roegneria villosa subsp. coerulea Jurtzev
• Roegneria villosa subsp. laxe-pilosa Jurtzev

Characteristics

Growth habit

Graminoid

Lifespan

Perennial

In the US and Canada

Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native

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