| Thinopyrum obtusiflorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Thinopyrum |
| Species: | T. obtusiflorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Thinopyrum obtusiflorum (DC.) Banfi
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Thinopyrum obtusiflorum is a species of grass known by the common names tall wheatgrass,[1] rush wheatgrass, and Eurasian quackgrass. It is native to Eurasia and it has been introduced to many other parts of the world, including much of the Americas and Australia.[2]
This perennial bunchgrass can grow up to 2 meters tall. The ribbed leaves have pale green blades a few millimeters wide. The inflorescence is a spike studded with spikelets up to 3 centimeters long, each containing up to 12 flowers.[3]
This grass is used as a forage and for hay in many places.[4] It is good for land with saline soils, and it can help reduce the salinity. It is also good for non-saline soils.[5] This grass is commonly crossed with its relative, wheat, in order to give the wheat traits such as stress tolerance and pest resistance.[6][7]
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Thinopyrum ponticum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "Thinopyrum ponticum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ Thinopyrum ponticum. Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual Treatment.
- ^ Tall wheatgrass. USDA NRCS Plant Guide. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Tall wheat grass. Archived 2011-03-20 at the Wayback Machine Western Australia Department of Agriculture and Food.
- ^ Oliver RE, Xu SS, Stack RW, Friesen TL, Jin Y, Cai X (2006). "Molecular cytogenetic characterization of four partial wheat–Thinopyrum ponticum amphiploids and their reactions to Fusarium head blight, tan spot, and Stagonospora nodorum blotch" (PDF). Theor Appl Genet. 112 (8): 1473–9. doi:10.1007/s00122-006-0250-1. PMID 16544125. S2CID 367713.
- ^ Chen G, Zheng Q, Bao Y, Liu S, Wang H, Li X (2012). "Molecular cytogenetic identification of a novel dwarf wheat line with introgressed Thinopyrum ponticum chromatin". J Biosci. 37 (1): 149–55. doi:10.1007/s12038-011-9175-1. PMID 22357212. S2CID 16400354.