Poaceae
Mountain ricegrass
Piptatheropsis pungens
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Piptatheropsis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mountain ricegrass
Synonyms
- Milium pungens Torr. ex Spreng.
- Oryzopsis parviflora Nutt.
- Panicum firmum Kunth
- Piptatherum pungens (Torr. ex Spreng.) Dorn
- Urachne brevicaudata Trin.
- Urachne canadensis Trin. & Rupr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Rob Foster, 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, 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.