Poaceae
Smallflower melicgrass
Melica imperfecta
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Melica
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Melica imperfectaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Smallflower melicgrass
Synonyms
- Melica colpodioides Nees
- Melica colpodioides var. subtriflora Nees
- Melica colpodoides var. sesquiflora Nees
- Melica imperfecta var. flexuosa Bol.
- Melica imperfecta var. imperfecta
- Melica imperfecta var. minor Scribn.
- Melica imperfecta var. pubens Scribn.
- Melica imperfecta var. refracta Thurb.
- Melica imperforata Nees ex Hook. & Arn.
- Melica panicoides Nutt.
- Melica parishii Vasey ex Beal
- Melica poioides Nutt.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.