Poaceae

Mexican muhly

Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Muhlenbergia

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Common names

By language (5)

English: Mexican muhly, Wirestem muhly
Estonian: Mehhiko muulahein
French: Muhlenbergie Mexicaine
Polish: Przyostnia meksykańska
Swedish: Mexikanskt muhlygräs

Synonyms

Agrostis filiformis Willd.
Agrostis foliosa Roem. & Schult.
Agrostis gynostyla (Nees) Steud.
Agrostis lateriflora Michx.
Agrostis lateriflora var. filiformis Torr.
Agrostis mexicana L.
Agrostis ramosissima Sinclair
Cinna arundinacea Retz. ex Steud.
Cinna filiformis Link
Cinna lateriflora (Michx.) Kunth
Cinna mexicana (L.) P.Beauv.
Muhlenbergia ambigua Torr.
Muhlenbergia ambigua var. ambigua
Muhlenbergia ambigua var. filiformis (Torr.) Farw.
Muhlenbergia foliosa (Roem. & Schult.) Trin.
Muhlenbergia foliosa f. ambigua (Torr.) Wiegand
Muhlenbergia foliosa subsp. ambigua Scribn.
Muhlenbergia foliosa subsp. setiglumis Scribn.
Muhlenbergia foliosa var. ambigua (Torr.) Scribn.
Muhlenbergia foliosa var. setiglumis (S.Watson) Scribn.
Muhlenbergia gymnostyla Nees
Muhlenbergia lateriflora (Michx.) Trin.
Muhlenbergia mexicana f. ambigua (Torr.) Fernald
Muhlenbergia mexicana f. mexicana
Muhlenbergia mexicana f. setiglumis (S.Watson) Fernald
Muhlenbergia mexicana var. filiformis (Link) Vasey
Muhlenbergia mexicana var. filiformis Scribn.
Muhlenbergia mexicana var. mexicana
Muhlenbergia mexicana var. purpurea Alph.Wood
Muhlenbergia polystachya Mack. & Bush
Muhlenbergia setiglumis (S.Watson) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Muhlenbergia sylvatica var. setiglumis S.Watson
Podosemum foliosum (Roem. & Schult.) Link
Podosemum gymnostylum Nees
Podosemum mexicanum (L.) Link
Polypogon canadensis E.Fourn.
Trichochloa filiformis (Link) Torr.
Trichochloa foliosa (Roem. & Schult.) Trin.
Trichochloa mexicana (L.) Trin.
Vilfa lateriflora (Michx.) P.Beauv.

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Flowers

Flower colour: green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Henry "Nick" Robertson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sarah Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sarah Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.