Elymus hystrix

Elymus hystrix Linnaeus is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2007.

Hybrid parent of

Elymus ×ebingeri G. Tucker.

Vernacular names

• élyme étalé Darbyshire et al., 2000
• gymnostique hérisson Provancher, 1862
• hystrix étalé Marie-Victorin, 1995

• bottlebrush grass FNA Ed. Comm., 2007
• eastern bottlebrush grass ITIS, 2010
• glumeless wildrye FNA Ed. Comm., 2007

Synonyms

• Asprella hystrix (Linnaeus) Willdenow nom. illeg. TROPICOS
• Elymus hystrix var. bigelovianus (Fernald) Bowden FNA Ed. Comm., 2007
• Gymnostichum hystrix (Linnaeus) Schreber TROPICOS
• Gymnostichum patulum (Moench) Lunell nom. illeg. TROPICOS
• Hordeum hystrix (Linnaeus) Schenck nom. illeg. TROPICOS
• Hystrix patula Moench FNA Ed. Comm., 2007
• Hystrix patula Moench var. patula TROPICOS
• Hystrix patula var. bigeloviana (Fernald) Deam FNA Ed. Comm., 2007

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Lilianae
Order	Poales
Family	Poaceae
Subfamily	Pooideae
Tribe	Triticeae
Subtribe	Hordeinae
Genus	Elymus
Species	Elymus hystrix

Habit

Herb