Eremopyrum orientale(L.) Jaub. & Spach

Oriental false wheatgrass

WFO wfo-0000868765 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Eremopyrum orientale, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. a Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-18 / obs. 158329653
Eremopyrum orientale, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. b Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132198686
Eremopyrum orientale, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. c Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99961226
Eremopyrum orientale, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. d Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99961218
Eremopyrum orientale, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. e Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99961213
Eremopyrum orientale, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. f Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99961232
Eremopyrum orientale, photographed by Дима Орлов
fig. g Дима Орлов, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192900779
Eremopyrum orientale, photographed by Андрей Козлов
fig. h Андрей Козлов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201792073

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Eremopyrum orientale is native: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Krym, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Ukraine AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaAfghanistanInner MongoliaIranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanXinjiangPakistanWest HimalayaCentral European RussiaEast European RussiaKrymRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainUkraine
Native distribution of Eremopyrum orientale, 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
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
Central European Russia RUC EUROPE
East European Russia RUE
Krym KRY
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Ukraine UKR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM

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 11 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 longiglume Hack. ex Stapf
  • Agropyron orientale (L.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Agropyron orientale var. medians Maire
  • Costia orientalis (L.) Willk.
  • Eremopyrum orientale var. sibiricum Willd.
  • Secale barbatum Moench
  • Secale hirtum Poir.
  • Secale orientale L.
  • Secale orientale var. sibirica Willd.
  • Triticum orientale (L.) M.Bieb.
  • Triticum orientale subvar. macrostachyum Coss. & Durieu

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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