Poaceae
Fowl manna grass
Glyceria striata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Glyceria
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Common names
By language (8)
- Czech
- Zblochan žíhaný
- English
- Fowl manna grass, Fowl mannagrass, Ridged glyceria, Tall mannagrass
- Estonian
- Sale parthein
- Finnish
- Viirusorsimo
- French
- Glycerie Striee, Glycerie striée, Glycérie striée
- German
- Gestreifter Schwaden
- Latvian
- Svītrainā ūdenszāle
- Swedish
- Strimgröe
Synonyms
- Catabrosa nervata (Willd.) Link
- Glyceria aquatica subsp. nervata (Willd.) Douin
- Glyceria mexicana (Kelso) Beetle
- Glyceria michauxii Kunth
- Glyceria neogaea Steud.
- Glyceria nervata (Willd.) Trin.
- Glyceria nervata f. stricta (Scribn.) House
- Glyceria nervata var. rigida (Nash) Lunell
- Glyceria nervata var. stricta Scribn.
- Glyceria rigida (Nash) Rydb.
- Glyceria striata f. stricta (Scribn.) B.Boivin
- Glyceria striata subsp. difformis Portal
- Glyceria striata subsp. neogaea (Steud.) Portal
- Glyceria striata subsp. stricta (Scribn.) Hultén
- Glyceria striata var. mexicana Kelso
- Glyceria striata var. striata
- Glyceria striata var. stricta (Scribn.) Fernald
- Hydropoa nervata (Willd.) Dumort.
- Panicularia nervata (Willd.) Kuntze
- Panicularia nervata f. major Millsp.
- Panicularia nervata f. stricta House
- Panicularia nervata var. filiformis Farw.
- Panicularia nervata var. parviglumis Scribn. & Merr.
- Panicularia nervata var. purpurascens Farw.
- Panicularia nervata var. rigida Nash
- Panicularia nervata var. stricta Scribn.
- Panicularia nervata var. stricta (Scribn.) Scribn. ex Hitchc.
- Panicularia nervata var. viridis Farw.
- Panicularia rigida (Nash) Rydb.
- Panicularia striata (Lam.) Hitchc.
- Poa lamarckii Kunth
- Poa lineata Pers.
- Poa nervata Willd.
- Poa parviflora Pursh
- Poa striata Lam.
- Poa striata Michx.
- Poa sulcata Schult.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: pellaea, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Camille Boucher, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: R. O. Gardner, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rod, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paul Roots, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Reuven Martin, 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.