Poaceae

Mountain muhly

Muhlenbergia montana (Nutt.) Hitchc.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Muhlenbergia

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Mountain muhly (Muhlenbergia montana) — FruitPhoto: Stephen Hornbeck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Mountain muhly

Synonyms

Calycodon montanum Nutt.
Muhlenbergia gracilis var. breviaristata Vasey
Muhlenbergia gracilis var. major Vasey
Muhlenbergia subalpina Vasey

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FruitPhoto: Stephen Hornbeck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Craig Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.