Thinopyrum elongatum(Host) D.R.Dewey

WFO wfo-0000903616 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 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.

Thinopyrum elongatum, photographed by Galyna Mykytynets
fig. a Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-16 / obs. 137231021
Thinopyrum elongatum, photographed by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)
fig. b Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31186893
Thinopyrum elongatum, photographed by Igor Balashov
fig. c Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148261764
Thinopyrum elongatum, photographed by Igor Balashov
fig. d Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148261632
Thinopyrum elongatum, photographed by Valerii Darmostuk
fig. e Valerii Darmostuk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 80073528
Thinopyrum elongatum, photographed by Valerii Darmostuk
fig. f Valerii Darmostuk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 80073582
Thinopyrum elongatum, photographed by Oleksii Vasyliuk
fig. g Oleksii Vasyliuk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143991458
Thinopyrum elongatum, photographed by Oleksii Vasyliuk
fig. h Oleksii Vasyliuk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143991446

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Thinopyrum elongatum is native: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Kazakhstan, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, East European Russia, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, South European Russia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaEgyptMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.KazakhstanLebanon-SyriaPalestineSinaiTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaCorseEast European RussiaFranceGreeceItalyKritiKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Thinopyrum elongatum, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Kazakhstan KAZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Sinai SIN
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Egypt EGY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

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 35 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 elongatum (Host) P.Beauv.
  • Agropyron elongatum subsp. scirpeum (C.Presl) Cif. & Giacom.
  • Agropyron elongatum subvar. glabrum Maire
  • Agropyron elongatum subvar. puberulum Maire
  • Agropyron elongatum var. scirpeum (C.Presl) Fiori & Paoli
  • Agropyron giganteum (Roth) Roem. & Schult.
  • Agropyron haifense (Melderis) Bor
  • Agropyron rigidum (Schrad.) P.Beauv.
  • Agropyron rigidum subsp. elongatum (Host) P.Candargy
  • Agropyron scirpeum C.Presl
  • Agropyron scirpeum var. gracile Tineo
  • Agropyron scirpeum var. involucratum Lojac.
  • Braconotia rigida (Schrad.) Godr.
  • Elymus elongatus (Host) Runemark
  • Elymus elongatus subsp. haifensis (Melderis) Runemark
  • Elymus elongatus subsp. salsus Melderis
  • Elymus scirpeus (C.Presl) Arrigoni
  • Elytrigia elongata (Host) Nevski
  • Elytrigia elongata subsp. haifensis (Melderis) Valdés & H.Scholz
  • Elytrigia elongata subsp. salsa (Melderis) Valdés & H.Scholz
  • Elytrigia elongata subsp. scirpea (C.Presl) Kerguélen
  • Elytrigia elongata var. haifensis Melderis
  • Elytrigia scirpea (C.Presl) Holub
  • Lophopyrum elongatum (Host) Á.Löve

and 11 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. 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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.