Poaceae
Spiked muhly
Muhlenbergia glomerata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Muhlenbergia
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Muhlenbergia glomerataPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Spiked muhly
Synonyms
- Agrostis festucoides Roem. & Schult.
- Agrostis festucoides Schult.
- Agrostis setosa (Biehler) Muhl.
- Alopecurus glomeratus Poir.
- Cinna glomerata (Willd.) Link
- Muhlenbergia glomerata var. glomerata
- Muhlenbergia setosa (Biehler) B.D.Jacks.
- Podosemum glomeratum (Willd.) Link
- Polypogon glomeratus Willd.
- Polypogon setosus Biehler
- Trichochloa glomerata (Willd.) Trin.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: 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.