Agropyron fragile(Roth) P.Candargy

Siberian wheatgrass

WFO wfo-0000842469 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 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.

Agropyron fragile, photographed by Андрей Козлов
fig. a Андрей Козлов, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-29 / obs. 201791874
Agropyron fragile, photographed by Андрей Козлов
fig. b Андрей Козлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201796041
Agropyron fragile, photographed by Андрей Козлов
fig. c Андрей Козлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201796087
Agropyron fragile, photographed by Андрей Козлов
fig. d Андрей Козлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201791884
Agropyron fragile, photographed by Андрей Козлов
fig. e Андрей Козлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201791891
Agropyron fragile, photographed by Андрей Козлов
fig. f Андрей Козлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201796134
Agropyron fragile, photographed by Андрей Козлов
fig. g Андрей Козлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201791900

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Agropyron fragile is native: Altay, China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, East European Russia, South European Russia AltayChina North-CentralInner MongoliaKazakhstanKirgizstanMongoliaNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTurkmenistanUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangEast European RussiaSouth European Russia
Native distribution of Agropyron fragile, 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
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
Inner Mongolia CHI
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
East European Russia RUE EUROPE
South European Russia RUS

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 27 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.

  • Agropyron angustifolium (Link) Schult.
  • Agropyron cristatum subsp. fragile (Roth) Á.Löve
  • Agropyron cristatum subsp. sibiricum (Willd.) Á.Löve
  • Agropyron cristatum var. fragile (Roth) Dorn
  • Agropyron fragile subsp. sibiricum (Willd.) Melderis
  • Agropyron fragile var. angustifolium (Link) Tzvelev
  • Agropyron fragile var. longe-aristatum Ataeva
  • Agropyron fragile var. sibiricum (Willd.) Tzvelev
  • Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) P.Beauv.
  • Agropyron sibiricum f. pubiflorum Roshev.
  • Agropyron sibiricum var. dasyphyllum (Schrenk) Roshevitz ex Fedtsch.
  • Agropyron sibiricum var. subaristatum Roshev.
  • Agropyron sibiricum var. typicum Roshev.
  • Agropyron sibiricum var. vilosum Roshev.
  • Agropyron variegatum (Fisch. ex Spreng.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Brachypodium fragile (Roth) P.Beauv.
  • Douglasdeweya deweyi (K.B.Jensen, S.L.Hatch & Wipff) C.Yen, J.L.Yang & B.R.Baum
  • Elytrigia deweyi (K.B.Jensen, S.L.Hatch & Wipff) Valdés & H.Scholz
  • Eremopyrum dasyphyllum (Schrenk) P.Candargy
  • Eremopyrum sibiricum (Willd.) P.Candargy
  • Pseudoroegneria deweyi K.B.Jensen, S.L.Hatch & Wipff
  • Triticum angustifolium Link
  • Triticum dasyphyllum Schrenk
  • Triticum fragile Roth

and 3 more.

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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