Poaceae
Alpine sweetgrass
Anthoxanthum monticola
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Anthoxanthum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 高山茅香
- English
- Alpine sweetgrass, Straight-awn alpine sweet grass
Synonyms
- Aira alpina Lilj.
- Anthoxanthum monticola f. monstruosa (Koidz.) Yonek.
- Anthoxanthum monticola subsp. alpinum (Sw. ex Willd.) Soreng
- Anthoxanthum monticola subsp. orthanthum (T.J.Sørensen) G.C.Tucker
- Dimesia monticola (Bigelow) Raf.
- Hierochloe alpina (Sw. ex Willd.) Roem. & Schult.
- Hierochloe alpina f. monstruosa (Koidz.) Ohwi
- Hierochloe alpina f. soperi Polunin
- Hierochloe alpina f. soperi Polunin
- Hierochloe alpina subsp. orthantha (T.J.Sørensen) G.Weim.
- Hierochloe alpina var. aristata Raspail
- Hierochloe alpina var. monstruosa Koidz.
- Hierochloe alpina var. sajanensis Reverd.
- Hierochloe alpina var. vivipara Honda
- Hierochloe monstruosa (Koidz.) Honda
- Hierochloe monticola (Bigelow) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Hierochloe orthantha T.J.Sørensen
- Holcus alpinus Sw. ex Willd.
- Holcus monticola Bigelow
- Torresia alpina (Sw. ex Willd.) Hitchc.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 36 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Paweł Zuzelski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ivansemenkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Clay Gibbons, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Владимир Береснев, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.