Agrostis elliottiana Calflora

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Taxon Report

Agrostis elliottiana Schult.

Elliott's bentgrass

2005 Steve Matson

2022 David popp

Agrostis elliottiana is an annual grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~74 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Agrostis
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Communities: Valley Grassland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF + PLANTS	Agrostis exigua

Information about Agrostis elliottiana from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (AGEL4) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Disjunct Locations: It is a bunchgrass native to various parts of North America in disjunct locations, including north-central California, southwestern and southeastern United States, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links null:!null:!null:!null:!mg168373:!

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/21/2025).