Purple muhly

Common names

Synonyms

• Agrostis colorata Willd. ex Steud.
• Agrostis glabrata (Kunth) Spreng.
• Agrostis quitensis Spreng.
• Agrostis rigida (Kunth) Spreng.
• Muhlenbergia affinis Trin.
• Muhlenbergia berlandieri Trin.
• Muhlenbergia elegans (Kunth) Trin.
• Muhlenbergia elegans var. atroviolacea Kuntze
• Muhlenbergia elegans var. subviridis Kuntze
• Muhlenbergia glabrata (Kunth) Trin.
• Muhlenbergia metcalfei M.E.Jones
• Muhlenbergia phragmitoides Griseb.
• Muhlenbergia phragmitoides var. phragmitoides
• Muhlenbergia tenuiramea Trin. ex E.Fourn.
• Podosemum affine (Trin.) Bush
• Podosemum elegans Kunth
• Podosemum glabratum Kunth
• Podosemum rigidum Kunth
• Stipa contracta Willd. ex Steud.
• Trichochloa elegans (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.
• Trichochloa glabrata (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.
• Trichochloa rigida (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.

Characteristics

Growth habit

Graminoid

Lifespan

Perennial

In the US and Canada

Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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