Poaceae
Sand ryegrass
Leymus arenarius
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Leymus
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- شعير الكثبان
- arz
- ليموس اريناريوس
- Belarusian
- Каласняк пясчаны
- Catalan
- Elyme des sables
- Czech
- Ječmenice písečná
- Danish
- Almindelig Marehalm, Marehalm
- Dutch
- Zandhaver
- English
- Sand ryegrass, Lyme-grass
- Esperanto
- Sabla elimo
- Estonian
- Liiv-vareskaer
- Faroese
- Breitt sævarkorn
- Finnish
- Rantavehnä
- French
- Elyme des sables, Seigle de mer, Élyme des sables
- German
- Strandroggen, Gemeiner Strandroggen, Blauer Helm, Elyme des sables, Gewöhnlicher Strandroggen
- Greek
- Λέιμος ο αμμόφιλος
- Icelandic
- Melgresi
- Irish
- Táithean
- Japanese
- ライムグラス
- kw
- Lymwelsen
- Latvian
- Smiltāju kāpukviesis, Smiltāja kāpukviesis
- Lithuanian
- Elyme des sables
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Strandrug
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Strandrug
- Polish
- Wydmuchrzyca piaskowa, Wydmuchrzyca nadmorska
- Russian
- Колосняк песчаный
- Swedish
- Strandråg, Elyme des sables
- Turkish
- Deniz yaban arpası
- Ukrainian
- Колосняк пісковий
- Welsh
- Clymwellt
Synonyms
- Elymus arenarius L.
- Elymus arenarius f. cristatus Holmb.
- Elymus arenarius f. ramosus Neuman
- Elymus arenarius var. geniculatus (Curtis ex Sm.) Hartm.
- Elymus arenarius var. leopolensis Zapał.
- Elymus arenarius var. macrostachyus Andersson
- Elymus arenarius var. megastachys Andersson
- Elymus arenarius var. microstachys Andersson
- Elymus arenarius var. minor Lange
- Elymus arenarius var. multiflorus Hallier
- Elymus arenarius var. triticoides Blytt
- Elymus geniculatus Curtis
- Elymus geniculatus Curtis ex Sm.
- Frumentum arenarium (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Hordeum arenarium (L.) Asch.
- Hordeum villosum Moench
- Triticum arenarium (L.) F.Herm.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 32 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alice Shanks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jens Ullenius, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: naturalist charlie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 09:25, 14 October 2005, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexa Hoffman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jens Ullenius, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wendy St. John, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andreas Schneider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.