Distribution: Occurring in scattered locations east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Arizona, east to the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains.
Habitat: Dry wasteland, disturbed areas.
Flowers: May-July
Origin: Introduced
Growth Duration: Annual
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Wind
Finely puberulent annual, the culms 1-3 dm. tall, branched at the base.
Sheaths open; auricles very slender, 1 mm. long; ligules fringed, about 1 mm. long; blades flat, 2-3 mm. broad.
Inflorescence a strongly flattened spike, 1-1.5 cm. long, ovate-oblong; spikelets 11-19, solitary, borne flatwise to the rachis, divergent, 6-8 mm. long, closely crowded; glumes subequal, acuminate to short-awned; lemmas rounded on the back, acuminate to short-awned.
Publication: Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 17: 52. 1934.
Agropyron triticeum Gaertn. [HC]
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Eremopyrum triticeum in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Eremopyrum triticeum checklist entry
OregonFlora: Eremopyrum triticeum information
E-Flora BC: Eremopyrum triticeum atlas page
CalPhotos: Eremopyrum triticeum photos
