Poaceae
Drooping wildrye
Elymus semicostatus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Elymus
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Elymus semicostatusPoaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 硬叶披碱草, 硬葉披碱草
- English
- Drooping wildrye
Synonyms
- Agropyron japonicum Vasey ex Wickson
- Agropyron semicostatum Nees ex Steud.
- Agropyron semicostatum (Nees ex Steud.) Nees ex Boiss.
- Agropyron semicostatum var. thomsonii Hook.f.
- Agropyron striatum (Steud.) Hook.f.
- Agropyron striatum var. validum Melderis
- Elymus semicostatus subsp. striatus (Steud.) Á.Löve
- Elymus semicostatus subsp. thomsonii (Hook.f.) Á.Löve
- Elymus semicostatus var. thomsonii (Hook.f.) G.Singh
- Elymus semicostatus var. validus (Melderis) G.Singh
- Elymus validus (Melderis) B.Salomon
- Roegneria semicostata (Steud.) Kitag.
- Roegneria striata (Steud.) Nevski
- Triticum semicostatum Steud.
- Triticum striatum Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.