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Slender bearded wheatgrass

Elymus violaceus (Hornem.) J.Feilberg

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Elymus

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Slender bearded wheatgrass: This area was once inhabited by Euphorbia esula, leafy spurge, and a diversity of native plants including the rare Arabis bridgersi. After a do-gooder herbicide
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
Arabic
عكرش خشن الساق
Chinese
贫花鹅观草, 貧花鵝觀草
Czech
Pýrovník drsnostéblý
English
Slender bearded wheatgrass, Slender wheatgrass, Bearded wheat grass
Finnish
Vihnehoikkavehniö, Hoikkavehniö

Synonyms

  • Agropyron andinum Rydb.
  • Agropyron atbassaricum Golosk.
  • Agropyron biflorum subsp. andinum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Piper
  • Agropyron biflorum subsp. latiglume (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Piper
  • Agropyron biflorum var. hornemannii B.Fedtsch.
  • Agropyron biflorum var. latiglume Piper
  • Agropyron brevifolium Scribn.
  • Agropyron caninoides (Ramaley) Beal
  • Agropyron caninoides var. pubescens Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
  • Agropyron caninum f. ciliatum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Pease & A.H.Moore
  • Agropyron caninum f. fernaldii Pease & A.H.Moore
  • Agropyron caninum f. glaucum Pease & A.H.Moore
  • Agropyron caninum f. pilosifolium Pease & A.H.Moore
  • Agropyron caninum f. pringlei (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Pease & A.H.Moore
  • Agropyron caninum f. pubescens (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Pease & A.H.Moore
  • Agropyron caninum f. violacescens Ramaley
  • Agropyron caninum subsp. latiglume (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Pease & A.H.Moore
  • Agropyron caninum subsp. majus (Vasey) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Agropyron caninum var. andinum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Pease & A.H.Moore
  • Agropyron caninum var. hornemannii Pease & A.H.Moore
  • Agropyron caninum var. latiglume (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Agropyron caninum var. latiglume Pease & A.H.Moore
  • Agropyron caninum var. mitchellii S.L.Welsh
  • Agropyron caninum var. pubescens Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
  • Agropyron caninum var. richardsonii (Schrad.) M.E.Jones
  • Agropyron caninum var. tenerum (Vasey) Pease & A.H.Moore
  • Agropyron caninum var. unilaterale Vasey
  • Agropyron gmelinii var. pringlei Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
  • Agropyron latiglume (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Rydb.
  • Agropyron latiglume var. alboviride Hultén
  • Agropyron latiglume var. andinum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Malte
  • Agropyron latiglume var. pilosiglume Hultén
  • Agropyron novae-angliae Scribn.
  • Agropyron pauciflorum (Schwein.) Hitchc.
  • Agropyron pauciflorum subsp. majus (Vasey) Melderis
  • Agropyron pauciflorum subsp. novae-angliae (Scribn.) Melderis
  • Agropyron pauciflorum subsp. teslinense (A.E.Porsild & Senn) Melderis
  • Agropyron pringlei (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Hitchc.
  • Agropyron pseudorepens var. magnum Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
  • Agropyron pseudorepens var. sennii B.Boivin

and 99 more.

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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). About our plant data.