Poaceae
Annual wheatgrass
Eremopyrum triticeum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eremopyrum
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Common names
By language (7)
- Belarusian
- Мартук пшанічны
- Chinese
- 旱麥草, 旱麦草, 早麦草
- English
- Annual wheatgrass
- Finnish
- Arovaivaisvehnä
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tatarkveke
- Persian
- بیابان گندمی
- Swedish
- Dvärgvete
Synonyms
- Agropyron prostratum (Pall.) P.Beauv.
- Agropyron prostratum (Pall.) Roem. & Schult.
- Agropyron prostratum var. biflorum K.Koch
- Agropyron triticeum Gaertn.
- Agropyron triticeum f. elongatum Roshev.
- Eremopyrum prostratum (L.f.) P.Candargy
- Secale prostratum Pall.
- Secale reptans Pall.
- Triticum planum Desf. ex Poir.
- Triticum prostratum (Pall.) L.f.
- Triticum sativum var. planum (Desf. ex Poir.) Delile
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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: Sokoloff PC, Murray DA, McBeth SR.M, Irvine MG, Rupert SM, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sokoloff PC, Murray DA, McBeth SR.M, Irvine MG, Rupert SM, CC BY 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.