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Downy oat-grass

Helictotrichon pubescens (Huds.) Schult. & Schult.f.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Helictotrichon

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Downy oat-grass: Avenula pubescens
Photo: Dominique Jacquin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (15)
Belarusian
Аўсец апушаны, Аўсец пушысты, Заечы авёс
Chinese
毛軸異燕麥, 毛轴异燕麦
Dutch
Zachte haver
English
Downy oat-grass
Esperanto
Mola aveno
Estonian
Aaskaerand, Aaskaer, Avenochloa pubescens
Finnish
Mäkikaura
French
Avoine pubescente
German
Flaumiger Wiesenhafer, Flaumhafer
hsb
Mjechki wows
Latvian
Pūkainā pļavauzīte
Norwegian Bokmål
Dunhavre
Polish
Owsica omszona
Swedish
Luddhavre, Backhavre
Welsh
Ceirchwellt blewog

Synonyms

  • Avena pubescens f. alpinum (Gaudin) HYLAND
  • Avena pubescens var. amethystina (DC.) Facchini
  • Avena pubescens var. glabra (K.Koch) Griseb.
  • Avena pubescens var. hugeninii (De Not. ex Steud.) Richt.
  • Avena pubescens var. laevigata (Schur) St.-Yves
  • Avenastrum pubescens var. laevigatum (Schur) Jáv.
  • Avenula pubescens subsp. longiflora (Boiss.) H.Scholz & Valdés
  • Avenula pubescens var. longiflora Boiss.
  • Helictotrichon anatolicum Holub
  • Helictotrichon pubescens subsp. longifolia (Boiss.) Doğan
  • Helictotrichon pubescens var. alpinum (Gaud.) Morariu & Beldie
  • Trisetum sesquitertium Schur

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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.