Poaceae
Virginia wildrye
Elymus virginicus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Elymus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Virginia wildrye
Synonyms
- Agropyron vaginans (Pers.) P.Beauv.
- Elymus australis Scribn. & C.R.Ball
- Elymus australis var. glabriflorus (Vasey ex L.H.Dewey) Wiegand
- Elymus canadensis var. glabriflorus Vasey ex L.H.Dewey
- Elymus canadensis var. intermedius Vasey ex A.Gray
- Elymus carolinianus Walter
- Elymus durus Steud.
- Elymus flexuosus Tausch
- Elymus glabriflorus (Vasey ex L.H.Dewey) Scribn. & C.R.Ball
- Elymus glabriflorus var. australis (Scribn. & C.R.Ball) J.J.N.Campb.
- Elymus halophilus E.P.Bicknell
- Elymus hirsutiglumis Scribn.
- Elymus hordeiformis Desf.
- Elymus intermedius (Vasey ex A.Gray) Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
- Elymus jejunus (Ramaley) Rydb.
- Elymus striatus Schreb. ex Muhl.
- Elymus striatus Willd.
- Elymus virginicus f. australis (Scribn. & C.R.Ball) Fernald
- Elymus virginicus f. hirsutiglumis (Scribn.) Fernald
- Elymus virginicus f. jejunus Ramaley
- Elymus virginicus f. lasiolepis Fernald
- Elymus virginicus f. virginicus
- Elymus virginicus var. australis (Scribn. & C.R.Ball) Hitchc.
- Elymus virginicus var. glabriflorus (Vasey ex L.H.Dewey) Bush
- Elymus virginicus var. glaucus Beal
- Elymus virginicus var. halophilus (E.P.Bicknell) Wiegand
- Elymus virginicus var. hirsutiglumis (Scribn.) Hitchc.
- Elymus virginicus var. intermedius (Vasey ex A.Gray) Bush
- Elymus virginicus var. jejunus (Ramaley) Bush
- Elymus virginicus var. micromeris Schmoll
- Elymus virginicus var. minor Vasey ex L.H.Dewey
- Elymus virginicus var. virginicus
- Hordeum cartilagineum Moench
- Hordeum striatum (Willd.) Schenck
- Hordeum virginicum (L.) Schenck
- Leptothrix virginica (L.) Dumort.
- Terrellia halophila (E.P.Bicknell) Nevski
- Terrellia hirsutiglumis (Scribn.) Nevski
- Terrellia jejuna (Ramaley) Nevski
- Terrellia striata (Willd.) Lunell
and 2 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.