Poaceae

Wildrye

Leymus secalinus (Georgi) Tzvelev

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Leymus

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Wildrye (Leymus secalinus) — Photo: Urgamal Magsar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 赖草, 賴草, 冰草, 冰草白穗, 夜吹箫, 宽穗赖草, 寛穗賴草, 短毛叶赖草
English: Wildrye

Synonyms

Agropyron berezovcanum var. villosum Prodan
Agropyron chino-rossicum Ohwi
Aneurolepidium dasystachys (Trin.) Nevski
Aneurolepidium ovatum (Trin.) Nevski
Aneurolepidium secalinum (Georgi) Kitag.
Elymus dasystachys Trin.
Elymus dasystachys f. angustiformis Melderis
Elymus dasystachys f. littoralis Griseb.
Elymus dasystachys f. nudus Melderis
Elymus dasystachys f. tomentellus Hemsl.
Elymus dasystachys var. ligulatus Keng
Elymus dasystachys var. litoralis (Pall.) Griseb.
Elymus dasystachys var. littoralis (Pall.) Griseb.
Elymus dasystachys var. mongolicus Melderis
Elymus dasystachys var. parviflorus Melderis
Elymus dasystachys var. pauciflorus Regel
Elymus dasystachys var. pubescens O.Fedtsch.
Elymus dasystachys var. pubiculmis Melderis
Elymus glaucus Regel
Elymus littoralis (Pall.) Steud.
Elymus obtusus Kunth
Elymus ovatus Trin.
Elymus secalinus (Georgi) Bobrov
Elymus thompsonii Hook.f.
Leymus chakassicus Peschkova
Leymus dasystachys (Trin.) Pilg.
Leymus dasystachys var. mongolicus (Melderis) Peschkova
Leymus laxinodis (L.B.Cai) L.B.Cai & X.Su
Leymus ligulatus (Keng) Tzvelev
Leymus littoralis (Pall.) Peschkova
Leymus mongolicus (Melderis) Tzvelev
Leymus ovatus (Trin.) Tzvelev
Leymus pubescens (O.Fedtsch.) Ikonn.
Leymus qinghaicus L.B.Cai
Leymus secalinus subsp. ovatus (Trin.) Tzvelev
Leymus secalinus subsp. pubescens (O.Fedtsch.) Tzvelev
Leymus secalinus subsp. secalinus
Leymus secalinus var. laxinodis L.B.Cai
Leymus secalinus var. ligulatus (Keng) C.Yen & J.L.Yang
Leymus secalinus var. mongolicus (Melderis) Tzvelev

and 8 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid

Photos

Photo: Urgamal Magsar, 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.