Koeleria glauca(Spreng.) DC.

WFO wfo-0000876993 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Koeleria glauca, photographed by Igor Balashov
fig. a Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-23 / obs. 152706588
Koeleria glauca, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. b Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171863912
Koeleria glauca, photographed by Nadezhda Kiseleva
fig. c Nadezhda Kiseleva, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162211626
Koeleria glauca, photographed by Анна Митрошенкова
fig. d Анна Митрошенкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161887846
Koeleria glauca, photographed by Igor Balashov
fig. e Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152709604
Koeleria glauca, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. f Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171937659
Koeleria glauca, photographed by Anastasia Titovets
fig. g Anastasia Titovets, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176768955
Koeleria glauca, photographed by Татьяна Горбушина
fig. h Татьяна Горбушина, CC0 1.0 / obs. 147191439

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Native range 29 botanical countries

Regions where Koeleria glauca is native: Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, West Siberia, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Krym, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine AltayBuryatiyaIrkutskKazakhstanKrasnoyarskMongoliaWest SiberiaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFranceGermanyHungaryKrymNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaPolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenUkraine
Native distribution of Koeleria glauca, 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
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Hungary HUN
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Mongolia MON
West Siberia WSB

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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.

  • Aira dactyloides Rochel
  • Aira glauca Spreng.
  • Airochloa glauca (DC.) Link
  • Dactylis cristata var. glauca (Spreng.) Wahlenb.
  • Dactylis glauca (Spreng.) Roth
  • Koeleria albescens var. gracilis Godr.
  • Koeleria arenaria (Dumort.) B.D.Jacks.
  • Koeleria arenaria (Dumort.) Conert
  • Koeleria borysthenica Klokov
  • Koeleria cristata var. glauca (Spreng.) G.Mey.
  • Koeleria dactyloides (Rochel) Rchb.
  • Koeleria dubjanskyi Tzvelev
  • Koeleria glauca subsp. dactyloides (Rochel) Nyman
  • Koeleria glauca subsp. pohleana (Domin) Tzvelev
  • Koeleria glauca subsp. sabuletorum Domin
  • Koeleria glauca var. bessarabica Domin
  • Koeleria glauca var. intermedia (Ahlq.) Fr.
  • Koeleria glauca var. pohleana Domin
  • Koeleria glauca var. valdevestita Domin
  • Koeleria macrantha subsp. glauca (Spreng.) P.D.Sell
  • Koeleria pohleana (Domin) Gontsch.
  • Koeleria rochelii Schur
  • Koeleria sabuletorum (Domin) Klokov
  • Koeleria valdevestita (Domin) Tzvelev

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. 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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