Poaceae
Oriental false wheatgrass
Eremopyrum orientale
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eremopyrum
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 东方旱麦草, 東方旱麥草, 东方旱雀麦
- English
- Oriental false wheatgrass
- Finnish
- Idänvaivaisvehnä
- Swedish
- Hårigt dvärgvete
Synonyms
- Agropyron longiglume Hack. ex Stapf
- Agropyron orientale (L.) Roem. & Schult.
- Agropyron orientale var. medians Maire
- Costia orientalis (L.) Willk.
- Eremopyrum orientale var. sibiricum Willd.
- Secale barbatum Moench
- Secale hirtum Poir.
- Secale orientale L.
- Secale orientale var. sibirica Willd.
- Triticum orientale (L.) M.Bieb.
- Triticum orientale subvar. macrostachyum Coss. & Durieu
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Андрей Козлов, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Дмитрий Орлов, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.