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Bluebunch wheatgrass

Pseudoroegneria spicata (Pursh) Á.Löve

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Pseudoroegneria

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Common names

By language (7)
Chinese
兰丛冰草, 兰丛披碱草
Dutch
Agropyre à épi
English
Bluebunch wheatgrass
French
Agropyre à épi
Hebrew
עשב חיטה כחול
Japanese
ブルーバンチ・ウィートグラス
Russian
Житняк колосистый

Synonyms

  • Agropyron divergens (Steud.) P.Candargy
  • Agropyron divergens var. inerme Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
  • Agropyron divergens var. tenue Vasey
  • Agropyron divergens var. tenuispicum Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
  • Agropyron inerme (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Rydb.
  • Agropyron missuricum Farw.
  • Agropyron spicatum (Pursh) Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
  • Agropyron spicatum f. inerme (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Beetle
  • Agropyron spicatum subsp. puberulentum Piper
  • Agropyron spicatum var. inerme (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) A.Heller
  • Agropyron spicatum var. pubescens Elmer
  • Agropyron spicatum var. tenuispicum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Rydb.
  • Agropyron spicatum var. vaseyi (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) E.E.Nelson
  • Agropyron vaseyi Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
  • Elymus spicatus (Pursh) Gould
  • Elymus spicatus subsp. inermis (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Hanelt
  • Elytrigia spicata (Pursh) D.R.Dewey
  • Festuca spicata Pursh
  • Pseudoroegneria spicata subsp. inermis (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Á.Löve
  • Roegneria spicata (Pursh) Beetle
  • Roegneria spicata f. inermis (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Beetle
  • Schedonorus spicatus (Pursh) Roem. & Schult.
  • Triticum aegilopoides Thurb. ex A.Gray
  • Triticum divergens Steud.
  • Triticum missuricum Spreng.
  • Zeia spicata (Pursh) Lunell

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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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.