Calamagrostis arundinacea is a species of bunch grass in the family Poaceae, native to Eurasia, China and India.[2] Under its synonym Calamagrostis brachytricha it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]
Calamagrostis arundinacea
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Monocots
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Clade:
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Commelinids
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Order:
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Poales
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Family:
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Poaceae
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Subfamily:
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Pooideae
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Genus:
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Calamagrostis
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Species:
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C. arundinacea
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Binomial name
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Calamagrostis arundinacea
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Synonyms[1]
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- Agrostis arundinacea L.
- Agrostis pseudoarundinacea Schleich. ex Gaudin
- Arundo agrostis Scop.
- Arundo clarionis Loisel.
- Arundo montana Gaudin
- Arundo sylvatica Schrad.
- Athernotus pyramidalis (Host) Dulac
- Calamagrostis abietina Schur
- Calamagrostis adpressiramea Ohwi
- Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. adpressiramea (Ohwi) T.Koyama
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. alpina (Schur) Serb. & Beldie
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. austrojeholensis (Honda) Kitag.
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. ciliata Honda
- Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. distantiflora (Luchnik) Tzvelev
- Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. heterogluma (Nakai) T.Koyama
- Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. hymenoglossa (Ohwi) T.Koyama
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. inaequata Honda
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. ligulata (Rendle) Kitag.
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. macrotricha Litv.
- Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. monticola (Petrov ex Kom.) Tzvelev
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. robusta Raclaru
- Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. sugawarae (Ohwi) Tzvelev
- Calamagrostis arundinacea f. turfosa (Schur) Soó
- Calamagrostis austrojeholensis Honda
- Calamagrostis brachytricha Steud.
- Calamagrostis brachytricha var. ciliata (Honda) Ibaragi & H.Ohashi
- Calamagrostis chassanensis Prob.
- Calamagrostis clarionis (Loisel.) Loisel.
- Calamagrostis collina Franch.
- Calamagrostis formosana Hayata
- Calamagrostis henryi (Rendle) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu ex J.L.Yang
- Calamagrostis heterogluma (Nakai) Honda
- Calamagrostis hsinganensis (Kitag.) Kitag.
- Calamagrostis hupehensis (Rendle) Chase
- Calamagrostis hymenoglossa Ohwi
- Calamagrostis korotkyi subsp. monticola (Petrov ex Kom.) Vorosch.
- Calamagrostis licentiana Hand.-Mazz.
- Calamagrostis matsudana Honda
- Calamagrostis montana DC.
- Calamagrostis monticola Petrov ex Kom.
- Calamagrostis morrisonensis Hayata
- Calamagrostis nipponica Franch. & Sav.
- Calamagrostis parviflora Rupr.
- Calamagrostis pyramidalis Host
- Calamagrostis rariflora Schur
- Calamagrostis robusta Franch. & Sav.
- Calamagrostis sciuroides Franch. & Sav.
- Calamagrostis subalpina Schur
- Calamagrostis sublanceolata Honda
- Calamagrostis sugawarae Ohwi
- Cinna agrostoidea P.Beauv.
- Deyeuxia abietina (Schur) Fuss
- Deyeuxia ampla Keng
- Deyeuxia arundinacea (L.) Jansen
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. borealis (Rendle) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. brachytricha (Steud.) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. ciliata (Honda) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. collina (Franch.) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. hirsuta (Hack.) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. latifolia (Rendle) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. ligulata (Rendle) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. robusta (Honda) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia arundinacea var. sciuroides (Franch. & Sav.) P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu
- Deyeuxia brachytricha (Steud.) D.M.Chang
- Deyeuxia formosana (Hayata) C.C.Hsu
- Deyeuxia henryi Rendle
- Deyeuxia hupehensis Rendle
- Deyeuxia matsudana (Honda) Keng
- Deyeuxia montana P.Beauv.
- Deyeuxia multiflora P.Beauv. ex Nyman
- Deyeuxia pyramidalis (Host) Veldkamp
- Deyeuxia pyramidalis var. borealis (Rendle) Q.X.Liu
- Deyeuxia pyramidalis var. ciliata (Honda) Q.X.Liu
- Deyeuxia pyramidalis var. ligulata (Rendle) Q.X.Liu
- Deyeuxia pyramidalis var. robusta Q.X.Liu
- Deyeuxia rariflora (Schur) Fuss
- Deyeuxia sciuroides (Franch. & Sav.) Keng
- Deyeuxia subalpina Schur
- Deyeuxia sylvatica Kunth
- Deyeuxia sylvatica var. borealis Rendle
- Deyeuxia sylvatica var. ciliata (Honda) Keng
- Deyeuxia sylvatica var. ligulata Rendle
- Donax montanus P.Beauv.
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The species is perennial and tufted with short rhizomes and erect culms that are 60–150 centimetres (24–59 in) long. Each leaf has a truncate ligule which is 2–4 millimetres (0.08–0.16 in) long, and obtuse. The leaf-blades are 8–50 mm (0.3–2.0 in) by 1.8–10 mm (0.07–0.39 in), hairless and have both a scabrous surface and an attenuate apex. The panicle has a scaberulous peduncle and is lanceolate, open, continuous, and is 8–18 cm (3.1–7.1 in) long by 1–4 cm (0.4–1.6 in) wide. Flowers have a pair of lodicules and stigmas, and three anthers which are 2.4–2.7 mm (0.09–0.11 in) long. The fruit is a caryopsis with an additional pericarp.[2]