Elymus violaceus

Elymus violaceus, many synonyms including Elymus sierrae, is a species of wild rye.

Elymus violaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Elymus
Species:	E. violaceus
Binomial name
Elymus violaceus (Hornem.) J.Feilberg
Synonyms
List Agropyron andinum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Rydb. Agropyron atbassaricum Golosk. Agropyron biflorum subsp. andinum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Piper Agropyron biflorum subsp. latiglume (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Piper Agropyron biflorum var. hornemannii B.Fedtsch., nom. superfl. Agropyron brevifolium Scribn. Agropyron caninoides var. pubescens Scribn. & J.G.Sm. Agropyron caninoides (Ramaley) Beal Agropyron caninum subsp. latiglume (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Pease & A.H.Moore Agropyron caninum subsp. majus (Vasey) C.L.Hitchc., nom. illeg. Agropyron caninum var. andinum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Pease & A.H.Moore Agropyron caninum var. hornemannii Pease & A.H.Moore, nom. superfl. Agropyron caninum var. latiglume (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) C.L.Hitchc. Agropyron caninum var. mitchellii S.L.Welsh Agropyron caninum var. pubescens Scribn. & J.G.Sm. Agropyron caninum var. richardsonii (Schrad.) M.E.Jones Agropyron caninum var. tenerum (Vasey) Pease & A.H.Moore Agropyron caninum var. unilaterale Vasey Agropyron gmelinii var. pringlei Scribn. & J.G.Sm. Agropyron latiglume var. alboviride Hultén Agropyron latiglume var. andinum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Malte Agropyron latiglume var. pilosiglume Hultén Agropyron latiglume (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Rydb. Agropyron novae-angliae Scribn. Agropyron pauciflorum subsp. majus (Vasey) Melderis Agropyron pauciflorum subsp. novae-angliae (Scribn.) Melderis Agropyron pauciflorum subsp. teslinense (A.E.Porsild & Senn) Melderis Agropyron pauciflorum (Schwein.) Hitchc., nom. illeg. Agropyron pringlei (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Hitchc. Agropyron pseudorepens pseudorepens var. . & J.G.Sm. Agropyron pseudorepens pseudorepens var. in Agropyron repens var. novae-angliae Scribn. & J.G.Sm., pro syn. Agropyron repens var. tenerum (Vasey) Beal Agropyron richardsonii var. ciliatum Scribn. & J.G.Sm. Agropyron richardsonii (Schrad.) Scribn. & J.G.Sm. Agropyron spicatum var. pringlei (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) M.E.Jones Agropyron subsecundum var. andinum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Hitchc. Agropyron subsecundum (Link) Hitchc. Agropyron tenerum subsp. magnum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Piper Agropyron tenerum subsp. magnum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Piper Agropyron tenerum subsp. majus (Vasey) Piper Agropyron tenerum subsp. trichocoleum Piper, nom. superfl. Agropyron tenerum var. ciliatum Scribn. & J.G.Sm. Agropyron tenerum var. longifolium Scribn. & J.G.Sm. Agropyron tenerum var. novae-angliae (Scribn.) Farw. Agropyron tenerum Vasey Agropyron teslinense A.E.Porsild & Senn Agropyron trachycaulon Steud., pro syn. Agropyron trachycaulum var. caerulescens Malte Agropyron trachycaulum var. ciliatum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Malte Agropyron trachycaulum var. fernaldii (Pease & A.H.Moore) Malte Agropyron trachycaulum var. glaucescens Malte Agropyron trachycaulum var. glaucum (Pease & A.H.Moore) Malte Agropyron trachycaulum var. hirsutum Malte Agropyron trachycaulum var. latiglume (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Beetle Agropyron trachycaulum var. majus (Vasey) Fernald Agropyron trachycaulum var. novae-angliae (Scribn.) Fernald Agropyron trachycaulum var. pilosiglume Malte Agropyron trachycaulum var. richardsonii (Schrad.) Malte ex H.F.Lewis Agropyron trachycaulum var. tenerum (Vasey) Malte Agropyron trachycaulum var. trichocoleum Malte, nom. superfl. Agropyron trachycaulum var. unilaterale (Vasey) Malte Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Malte ex H.F.Lewis Agropyron unilaterale Cassidy, nom. illeg. Agropyron violacescens (Ramaley) Beal Agropyron violaceum subsp. andinum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Melderis Agropyron violaceum var. andinum Scribn. & J.G.Sm. Agropyron violaceum var. latiglume Scribn. & J.G.Sm. Agropyron violaceum var. majus Vasey Agropyron violaceum var. virescens Lange Agropyron violaceum (Hornem.) Lange Crithopyrum trachycaulon Steud., pro syn. Cryptopyrum richardsonii Heynh., pro syn. Elymus alaskanus subsp. latiglumis (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Á.Löve Elymus charkeviczii Prob. Elymus donianus subsp. subsecundus (Link) Á.Löve & D.Löve Elymus donianus subsp. virescens (Lange) Á.Löve & D.Löve Elymus kamczadalorum (Nevski) Tzvelev Elymus novae-angliae (Scribn.) Tzvelev Elymus pauciflorus subsp. subsecundus (Link) Gould Elymus pauciflorus (Schwein.) Gould, nom. illeg. Elymus pringlei Scribn. & Merr. Elymus sierrae Gould Elymus subsecundus (Link) Á.Löve & D.Löve Elymus trachycaulus subsp. andinus (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Elymus trachycaulus subsp. glaucus (Pease & A.H.Moore) Cody Elymus trachycaulus subsp. kamczadalorum (Nevski) Tzvelev Elymus trachycaulus subsp. latiglumis (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Barkworth & D.R.Dewey, no basionym not cited. Elymus trachycaulus subsp. major (Vasey) Tzvelev Elymus trachycaulus subsp. novae-angliae (Scribn.) Tzvelev Elymus trachycaulus subsp. sierrae (Gould) Á.Löve Elymus trachycaulus subsp. stefanssonii (Melderis) Á.Löve & D.Löve Elymus trachycaulus subsp. subsecundus (Link) Á.Löve & D.Löve Elymus trachycaulus subsp. teslinensis (A.E.Porsild & Senn) Á.Löve Elymus trachycaulus subsp. violaceus (Hornem.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, nom. superfl. Elymus trachycaulus subsp. virescens (Lange) Á.Löve & D.Löve Elymus trachycaulus var. andinus (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Dorn Elymus trachycaulus var. latiglumis (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Beetle Elymus trachycaulus var. major (Vasey) Beetle Elymus trachycaulus var. unilateralis (Vasey) Beetle Elymus trachycaulus var. violaceus (Hornem.) S.L.Welsh, nom. superfl. Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould Elymus violaceus subsp. andinus (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Tzvelev Elymus violaceus subsp. latiglumis (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Tzvelev Roegneria doniana var. stefanssonii Melderis Roegneria kamczadalorum Nevski Roegneria latiglumis (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Nevski Roegneria novae-angliae (Scribn.) Jurtzev & V.V.Petrovsky Roegneria pauciflora (Schwein.) Hyl. Roegneria subsecunda (Link) Melderis Roegneria trachycaulon (Link) Nevski Roegneria violacea (Hornem.) Melderis Roegneria virescens (Lange) Böcher, Holmen & Jakobsen Triticum biflorum var. hornemannii W.D.J.Koch, nom. superfl. Triticum caninum var. violaceum (Hornem.) Laest. Triticum latiglume (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) F.Herm. Triticum pauciflorum Schwein. Triticum repens var. tenerum Vasey, nom. nud. Triticum repens var. violaceum (Hornem.) Hartm. Triticum richardsonii Schrad. Triticum subsecundum Link Triticum trachycaulum Link Triticum violaceum Hornem. Zeia richardsonii (Schrad.) Lunell Zeia tenera (Vasey) Lunell

It is a perennial grass with stems growing 30 to 50 centimeters long and decumbent along the ground at maturity. The inflorescence is a series of single-spikelet nodes a few centimeters long, each spikelet with an outward-curved awn up to 2.5 centimeters long.

Distribution

Elymus violaceus is very widely distributed, being native from eastern Siberia to the Russian Far East, and to most of North America. It has been introduced to much of Europe and temperate Asia.

Conservation

Under the synonym Elymus sierrae and known as Sierra wild rye, it has been considered to be restricted to California and Nevada and vulnerable. Plants of the World Online regards Elymus sierrae as a synonym of Elymus violaceus, which has a very widespread distribution.

External links

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