Pronunciation: EL-i-mus PON-ti-kus
Common name: Tall wheat grass
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Disturbed, often alkaline areas to 5000',
sometimes in chaparral, native to se Europe and
west Asia
Blooming period: Spring
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Elymus
2) ponticus
Formerly Elytrigia pontica ssp. pontica