Poaceae
Downy ryegrass
Leymus innovatus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Leymus
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Common names
By language (5)
- English
- Downy ryegrass, Canadian wildrye
- Finnish
- Albertanvehnä
- Spanish
- XElyleymus hirtiflorus
- Swedish
- Kanadaråg
- Vietnamese
- XElyleymus hirtiflorus
Synonyms
- Agroelymus hirtiflorus (Hitchc.) Bowden
- Agroelymus ontariensis Lepage
- Elyleymus hirtiflorus (Hitchc.) Barkworth
- Elymus brownii Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
- Elymus hirtiflorus Hitchc.
- Elymus innovatus Beal
- Elymus innovatus f. glabratus (Bowden) B.Boivin
- Elymus innovatus f. innovatus
- Elymus innovatus f. laxatus Lepage
- Elymus innovatus f. velutinus (Bowden) Hultén ex Roy L.Taylor & MacBryde
- Elymus innovatus subsp. innovatus
- Elymus innovatus subsp. velutinus Bowden
- Elymus innovatus var. glabratus Bowden
- Elymus innovatus var. innovatus
- Elymus innovatus var. velutinus (Bowden) Hultén ex Roy L.Taylor & MacBryde
- Elymus mollis R.Br.
- Leymus innovatus subsp. innovatus
- Leymus innovatus subsp. velutinus (Bowden) Tzvelev
- Leymus velutinus (Bowden) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 25 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Spencer Quayle, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Allan Harris, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Allan Harris, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Caleb Catto, 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.