Aegilops tauschiiCoss.

Tausch's goatgrass

WFO wfo-0000841857 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Aegilops tauschii, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. a Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-27 / obs. 164327427
Aegilops tauschii, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. b Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164327441
Aegilops tauschii, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. c Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 23300955
Aegilops tauschii, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. d Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9998541
Aegilops tauschii, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. e Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164327455
Aegilops tauschii, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. f Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74067591
Aegilops tauschii, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. g Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74067557
Aegilops tauschii, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. h Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74067582

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Aegilops tauschii is native: Afghanistan, China North-Central, China Southeast, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Krym AfghanistanChina North-CentralChina SoutheastIranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanXinjiangPakistanWest HimalayaKrym
Native distribution of Aegilops tauschii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
China Southeast CHS
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM
Krym KRY EUROPE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 24 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aegilops squarrosa Cav.
  • Aegilops squarrosa subsp. meyeri (Griseb.) Zhuk.
  • Aegilops squarrosa subsp. salina Zhuk.
  • Aegilops squarrosa subsp. strangulata (Eig) Eig
  • Aegilops squarrosa var. albescens Popova
  • Aegilops squarrosa var. anathera Eig
  • Aegilops squarrosa var. brunnea Popova
  • Aegilops squarrosa var. ferruginea Popova
  • Aegilops squarrosa var. meyeri Griseb.
  • Aegilops squarrosa var. pubescens Regel
  • Aegilops squarrosa var. salina Zhuk.
  • Aegilops squarrosa var. strangulata Eig
  • Aegilops strangulata (Eig) Tzvelev
  • Aegilops tauschii f. brunnea (Popova) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops tauschii f. ferruginea (Popova) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops tauschii var. anathera (Eig) K.Hammer
  • Aegilops tauschii var. meyeri (Griseb.) Tzvelev
  • Aegilops tauschii var. paleidenticulata (Gandilyan) K.Hammer
  • Patropyrum tauschii (Coss.) Á.Löve
  • Patropyrum tauschii subsp. salinum (Zhuk.) Á.Löve
  • Patropyrum tauschii subsp. strangulatum (Eig) Á.Löve
  • Triticum aegilops P.Beauv.
  • Triticum tauschii (Coss.) Schmalh.
  • Triticum tauschii var. strangulatum (Eig) G.Kimber & Feldman

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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