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Crested wheatgrass

Agropyron cristatum

Family: Poaceae Genus: Agropyron Species: cristatum

Synonyms: Cremopyrum pectinatum var. calvum, Agropyron czerepanovii, Agropyron cristatum var. glabrispiculatum, Agropyron pectiniforme subsp. sabulosum, Agropyron cristatum f. pectiniforme, Agropyron cristatum subsp. dunense, Triticum aragonense, Agropyron cristatum f. calvum, Agropyron bulbosum var. dunense, Agropyron pectinatum f. calvum, Agropyron cristatum var. villosum, Agropyron cristatum var. incanum, Eremopyrum puberulum, Agropyron pectinatum var. stepposum, Agropyron cristatum var. puberulum, Secale pumilum, Agropyron cristatum f. multiflorum, Agropyron pectiniforme f. barbatum, Agropyron cristatum subsp. ponticum, Agropyron cristatum subsp. hamadanicum, Agropyron pectiniforme, Agropyron cristatum subsp. pectinatum, Agropyron kazachstanicum, Costia imbricata, Kratzmannia cristata, Agropyron cristatum var. balchikense, Agropyron cristatum f. imbricatum, Agropyron glabrispiculatum, Agropyron imbricatum var. villosum, Avena cristata, Agropyron bulbosum var. ciliatum, Agropyron pachyrhizum, Triticum cristatum, Agropyron aristatum, Agropyron cristatum var. macranthum, Eremopyrum pectinatum, Elymus pectinatus, Agropyron cristatum subsp. imbricatum, Agropyron pectinatum var. dagnae, Agropyron cristatum subsp. brachyatherum, Triticum pectiniforme, Agropyron cristatiforme, Agropyron cristatum subsp. tarbagataicum, Agropyron lavrenkoanum, Triticum cylindricum var. pectinatum, Agropyron pectinatum, Agropyron cristatum subsp. pinifolium, Agropyron barginensis, Triticum muricatum, Agropyron cristatum subsp. stepposum, Triticum pumilum, Agropyron cristatum subsp. brandzae, Agropyron karataviense, Agropyron cristatum f. hirsutissimum, Agropyron cristatum subsp. sclerophyllum, Agropyron litvinovii, Agropyron cristatum var. pectinatum, Agropyron pectinatum var. gluma-villosum, Agropyron tarbagataicum, Agropyron dagnae, Agropyron pectinatum var. imbricatum, Agropyron pectiniforme subsp. baicalense, Agropyron brandzae var. nyaradyanum, Brachypodium brachystachyum, Agropyron cristatum subsp. baicalense, Agropyron cristatum var. hirsutissimum, Agropyron cristatum subsp. erikssonii, Triticum puberulum, Agropyron pectinatum var. daralaghezicum, Agropyron stepposum, Agropyron cristatum var. erikssonii, Agropyron cristatum subsp. incanum, Eremopyrum cristatum var. brachyatherum, Agropyron cristatum var. pluriflorum, Agropyron cristatum subsp. pachyrhizum, Agropyron sclerophyllum, Agropyron pectiniforme var. pseudobulbosum, Agropyron incanum, Agropyron pectinatum f. elatius, Cremopyrum pectinatum var. elatum, Agropyron cristatum var. minor, Agropyron cristatum var. submuticum, Agropyron lavrenkoanum var. pectinatum, Zeia cristata, Kratzmannia imbricata, Agropyron cristatum subsp. kazachstanicum, Agropyron pumilum, Agropyron pinifolium var. sclerophyllum, Agropyron karadaghense, Eremopyrum cristatum, Agropyron imbricatum, Agropyron peschkovae, Agropyron cristatum var. glabrum, Agropyron pectiniforme subsp. brandzae, Agropyron pinifolium, Agropyron brandzae subsp. ciliatum, Agropyron cristatum subsp. sabulosum, Agropyron cristatum var. imbricatum, Agropyron erickssonii, Eremopyrum cristatum var. pectinatum, Agropyron cristatum var. pectiniforme, Agropyron cristatum f. pauciflorum, Agropyron pectinatum var. puberulum, Agropyron pectinatum var. submuticum, Agropyron cristatum subsp. puberulum, Costia cristata, Kratzmannia pectinata, Agropyron brandzae, Agropyron puberulum, Agropyron ponticum, Agropyron cristatum var. glabriglume, Agropyron × cristatum var. baicalense, Agropyron cristatum f. villosum

Crested wheatgrass (en)
Agropyron cristatum — flower
Agropyron cristatum — flower

Botanical Description

Flower: Inconspicuous

Foliage: Texture: fine

Native Region: Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Chita, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID
223949

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