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Meadow oat-grass

Helictochloa pratensis (L.) Romero Zarco

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Helictochloa

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Meadow oat-grass: Avenula pratensis, syn.: Helictotrichon pratense, Lánské louky near Lanžhot, Southern Moravia, Czech Republic
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (9)
Arabic
خرطال حقلي, شوفان حقلي
Czech
Ovsíř luční
Danish
Almindelig Enghavre
Dutch
Beemdhaver
English
Meadow oat-grass
Finnish
Ahdekaurio, Ahdekaura
German
Echter Wiesenhafer
Norwegian Bokmål
Enghavre
Polish
Owsica łąkowa

Synonyms

  • Arrhenatherum pratense (L.) Samp.
  • Avena pratensis L.
  • Avena pratensis f. pauciflora Norm.
  • Avena pratensis f. spiculosa Neuman
  • Avenastrum pratense (L.) Opiz
  • Avenastrum pratense f. spiculosum (Neuman) Neuman
  • Avenochloa pratensis (L.) Holub
  • Avenula pratensis (L.) Dumort.
  • Helictotrichon pratense (L.) Pilg.
  • Heuffelia pratensis (L.) Schur
  • Trisetum pratense (L.) Dumort.

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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.