Western wheat grass
Agropyron smithii Rybd.
scientific name, 2008
Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) A. Love
other common names: blue stem wheat grass
Agropyron: from the Greek agrios, meaning “wild,” and pyros, meaning “wheat”
Smithii: named in honor of Jared Gage Smith
Grass family: Poaceae (Gramineae)
Agropyron smithii Rybd.
scientific name, 2008
Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) A. Love
other common names: blue stem wheat grass
Agropyron: from the Greek agrios, meaning “wild,” and pyros, meaning “wheat”
Smithii: named in honor of Jared Gage Smith
Grass family: Poaceae (Gramineae)
Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition
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