Poaceae
Slimflower muhly
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Muhlenbergia
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Muhlenbergia tenuifloraPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Slimflower muhly
Synonyms
- Agrostis tenella Willd. ex Steud.
- Agrostis tenuiflora Willd.
- Apera tenuiflora (Willd.) P.Beauv.
- Cinna tenuiflora (Willd.) Link
- Muhlenbergia tenuiflora subsp. tenuiflora
- Muhlenbergia tenuiflora subsp. variabilis Scribn.
- Muhlenbergia tenuiflora var. tenuiflora
- Muhlenbergia tenuiflora var. variabilis (Scribn.) R.W.Pohl
- Muhlenbergia willdenowii Trin.
- Podosemum tenuiflorum (Willd.) Link
- Trichochloa longiflora Kunth
- Trichochloa longiseta Trin.
- Trichochloa tenuiflora (Willd.) Sweet
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: 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.