Poaceae
Littleseed muhly
Muhlenbergia microsperma
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Muhlenbergia
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Muhlenbergia microspermaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Littleseed muhly
Synonyms
- Agrostis debilis (Kunth) Spreng.
- Agrostis microcarpa Steud.
- Agrostis microsperma Lag.
- Agrostis setosa (Kunth) Spreng.
- Muhlenbergia fasciculata Trin.
- Muhlenbergia purpurea Nutt.
- Muhlenbergia ramosissima Vasey ex S.Watson
- Podosemum debile Kunth
- Podosemum setosum Kunth
- Trichochloa debilis (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.
- Trichochloa microsperma DC.
- Trichochloa setosa (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.