Poaceae
Saline wildrye
Leymus salinus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Leymus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Saline wildrye, Salina wildrye
Synonyms
- Elymus ambiguus var. salina (M.E.Jones) C.L.Hitchc.
- Elymus ambiguus var. salinus (M.E.Jones) C.L.Hitchc.
- Elymus ambiguus var. strigosus (Rydb.) Hitchc.
- Elymus salinus M.E.Jones
- Elymus strigosus Rydb.
- Elymus villiflorus Rydb.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, 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.