- Family:
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus:
- Agropyron Gaertn.
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.

[GB]
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Culms decumbent; 20-70 cm long. Leaf-sheath oral hairs lacking. Leaf-sheath auricles falcate. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 2 mm long. Leaf-blades involute; 6-12 cm long; 1.5-3 mm wide; stiff.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence composed of racemes. Racemes 1; single; oblong; bilateral; 1-5 cm long; 10-20 mm wide. Rhachis pilose on surface. Spikelet packing broadside to rhachis. Rhachis internodes oblong. Spikelets pectinate; solitary. Fertile spikelets sessile.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 3-8 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; compressed strongly; 8-15 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 3-8 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; compressed strongly; 8-15 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; similar; shorter than spikelet; firmer than fertile lemma. Lower glume ovate; 3-5 mm long; 1 length of upper glume; coriaceous; 1-keeled; keeled all along; 3 -veined. Lower glume surface glabrous, or pilose. Lower glume apex acuminate; awned; 1 -awned. Lower glume awn 1-2 mm long. Upper glume ovate; 3-5 mm long; 0.66 length of adjacent fertile lemma; coriaceous; 1-keeled; keeled all along; 3 -veined. Upper glume lateral veins convergent at apex. Upper glume surface glabrous, or pilose. Upper glume apex acuminate; awned; 1 -awned. Upper glume awn 1-2 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma elliptic; 5-7 mm long; chartaceous; keeled; keeled above; 5 -veined. Lemma surface pilose. Lemma apex acuminate; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn 3-4 mm long overall; limb scabrous. Palea keels scabrous. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Ovary with a fleshy appendage below style insertion; pubescent on apex.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; oblong; sulcate on hilar side; hairy at apex; apex fleshy. Embryo 0.2 length of caryopsis. Hilum linear; 1 length of caryopsis. Disseminule comprising a floret.
- Distribution
- Europe: central, southwestern, southeastern, and eastern. Africa: north. Asia-temperate: Siberia, Soviet far east, Soviet Middle Asia, Caucasus, western Asia, China, and Mongolia. Asia-tropical: India. North America: Subarctic, western Canada, eastern Canada, north-central USA, and northeast USA.
- Reference
- Triticeae. Fl Iraq.
Native to:
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
Introduced into:
Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Chile South, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Labrador, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon
- Agropyron aristatum Besser
- Agropyron barginensis Skvortsov
- Agropyron brandzae Pantu & Solacolu
- Agropyron brandzae subsp. ciliatum (Grint.) Dihoru & Negrean
- Agropyron brandzae var. nyaradyanum Morariu
- Agropyron cristatiforme P.K.Sarkar
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. baicalense T.V.Egorova & Sipliv.
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. brachyatherum (Maire) Dobignard
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. brandzae (Pantu & Solacolu) Melderis
- Agropyron cristatum f. calvum (Schur) Boza & Vasic
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. dunense (Grint.) Dihoru & Negrean
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. erikssonii (Melderis) Á.Löve
- Agropyron cristatum var. glabriglume Tzvelev
- Agropyron cristatum var. glabrispiculatum Tzvelev
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. hamadanicum Yousofi
- Agropyron cristatum f. imbricatum (Roem. & Schult.) Bukhteeva
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. imbricatum (Roem. & Schult.) Á.Löve
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. incanum (Nábelek) Melderis
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. kazachstanicum Tzvelev
- Agropyron cristatum var. minor Yousofi
- Agropyron cristatum f. multiflorum Maire
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. pachyrhizum (A.Camus) Á.Löve
- Agropyron cristatum f. pauciflorum Maire
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. pectinatum (M.Bieb.) Tzvelev
- Agropyron cristatum var. pectiniforme H.L.Yang
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. pinifolium (Nevski) Bondarenko ex Korovina
- Agropyron cristatum var. pluriflorum X.L.Yang
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. ponticum (Nevski) Tzvelev
- Agropyron cristatum var. puberulum Boiss.
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. puberulum (Boiss.) Tzvelev
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. sabulosum Lavrenko
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. sclerophyllum Novopokr.
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. stepposum (Dubovik) Á.Löve
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. tarbagataicum (Plotn.) Tzvelev
- Agropyron cristatum var. villosum Litv.
- Agropyron cristatum f. villosum (Litv.) Bukhteeva
- Agropyron czerepanovii Tzvelev
- Agropyron dagnae Grossh.
- Agropyron distichum (Georgi) Peschkova
- Agropyron erickssonii (Melderis) Peschkova
- Agropyron glabrispiculatum (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
- Agropyron hirsutum Trin.
- Agropyron imbricatum Roem. & Schult.
- Agropyron imbricatum var. villosum (Litv.) Tzvelev
- Agropyron incanum (Nábelek) Tzvelev
- Agropyron karadaghense Kotov
- Agropyron karataviense Pavlov
- Agropyron kazachstanicum (Tzvelev) Peschkova
- Agropyron lavrenkoanum Prokudin
- Agropyron litvinovii Prokudin
- Agropyron pachyrhizum A.Camus
- Agropyron pectinatum (M.Bieb.) P.Beauv.
- Agropyron pectinatum f. calvum (Schur) Soó
- Agropyron pectinatum var. dagnae (Grossh.) Tzvelev
- Agropyron pectinatum var. daralaghezicum Tzvelev
- Agropyron pectinatum f. elatius (Schur) Soó
- Agropyron pectinatum var. gluma-villosum Ataeva
- Agropyron pectinatum var. puberulum (Boiss.) Soó
- Agropyron pectinatum var. stepposum (Dubovik) Tzvelev
- Agropyron pectinatum var. submuticum (Grossh.) Tzvelev
- Agropyron pectiniforme Roem. & Schult.
- Agropyron pectiniforme subsp. baicalense (T.V.Egorova & Sipliv.) Á.Löve
- Agropyron pectiniforme f. barbatum Nyár. ex Anghel & Morariu
- Agropyron pectiniforme subsp. brandzae (Pantu & Solacolu) Á.Löve
- Agropyron pectiniforme subsp. sabulosum (Lavrenko) Á.Löve
- Agropyron peschkovae (Georgi) Tzvelev
- Agropyron pinifolium Nevski
- Agropyron pinifolium var. sclerophyllum (Novopokr.) Tzvelev
- Agropyron ponticum Nevski
- Agropyron puberulum (Boiss.) Grossh.
- Agropyron pumilum (L.f.) P.Beauv.
- Agropyron sclerophyllum (Novopokr.) Novopokr.
- Agropyron stepposum Dubovik
- Agropyron tarbagataicum Plotn.
- Avena cristata Roem. & Schult.
- Brachypodium brachystachyum Voss
- Bromus cristatus L.
- Bromus distichus Georgi
- Costia cristata (L.) Willk.
- Costia imbricata (Roem. & Schult.) Willk.
- Elymus pectinatus (M.Bieb.) Laínz
- Eremopyrum cristatum (L.) Willk. & Lange
- Eremopyrum cristatum var. brachyatherum Maire
- Eremopyrum pectinatum (M.Bieb.) Schur
- Eremopyrum puberulum Grossh. ex Prokudin
- Kratzmannia cristata (L.) Skalicky & V.Jirasek
- Kratzmannia imbricata (Roem. & Schult.) Opiz
- Kratzmannia pectinata (M.Bieb.) Skalicky & V.Jirasek
- Secale pumilum (L.f.) Pers.
- Triticum aragonense Lag.
- Triticum caucasicum Biehler
- Triticum cristatum (L.) Schreb.
- Triticum hirsutum Hornem.
- Triticum imbricatum M.Bieb.
- Triticum intermedium M.Bieb. ex Kunth
- Triticum muricatum Link
- Triticum pectinatum M.Bieb.
- Triticum pectiniforme Steud.
- Triticum puberulum (Boiss.) Steud.
- Triticum pumilum L.f.
- Zeia cristata (L.) Lunell
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Sukhonosenko, L. [s.n.], Ukraine | K000731545 | No | |||
Keng, F. [5334], China | K000731546 | No | |||
Alexeenko, T. [s.n.], Krym | Agropyron cristatum subsp. ponticum | K000950607 | Yes | ||
Webb [s.n.], New South Wales | Agropyron pectinatum | K000950597 | Yes | ||
Pantu, Z.C. [353], Romania | Agropyron cristatum subsp. brandzae | K000950608 | Yes |
First published in Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 540 (1770)
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