Month: September 2022

#346 They called me Agrostis gigantea, also known as Agrostis virletii, Agrostis welwitschii, Agrostis widenii, Agrostis gigantea var. gouxii, Vilfa gaudichaudii, Agrostis zerovii, Agrostis kitaibelii, and Agrostis sibthorpii. I pay homage to the male botanists Virlet (I couldn’t find his records), Friedrich Welwitsch, Widen (I couldn’t find his records), Goux (I couldn’t find his records), Gaudichaud (I couldn’t find his records), Zerov (I couldn’t find his records), Pál Kitaibel, and John Sibthorp, or Humphry Waldo Sibthorp. They first catalogued me in 1788.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, and Yugoslavia.