Common name
English: Russian wheatgrass, Sea Wheatgrass
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Poaceae (73)(family description)
Genus: Elymus (1)
Epithet: farctus (Viv.) Runemark ex Melderis (1)
Synonyms: Bromus truncatus Scop., Elytrigia farcta (Viv.) Holub, Elytrigia sartorii (Boiss. & Heldr.) Holub, Thinopyrum junceiforme (Á.Löve & D.Löve) Á.Löve
farcta => solid, filled, not hollow
farctus => solid, filled, not hollow
junceiforme => rush (Juncaceae) like
sartorii => in honor of Carl Christian Wilhelm Sartorius (1796-1872), German plant collector emigrated to Mexico
truncatus => blunt, abruptly cut off
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green, purple