Poaceae
Twoflower melicgrass
Melica mutica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Melica
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Melica muticaPoaceae
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Common names
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- English
- Twoflower melicgrass
Synonyms
- Lolium canadense Michx. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Lolium temulentum var. canadense (Roem. & Schult.) Alph.Wood
- Melica diffusa Pursh
- Melica glabra Michx.
- Melica muehlenbergiana Schult.
- Melica mutica f. diffusa (Pursh) Fernald
- Melica mutica f. mutica
- Melica mutica var. diffusa (Pursh) A.Gray
- Melica mutica var. glabra (Michx.) A.Gray
- Melica racemosa Muhl.
- Melica rariflora Schreb.
- Melica speciosa Muhl.
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.