Poaceae
Arctic alkaligrass
Puccinellia arctica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Puccinellia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Arctic alkaligrass, Arctic alkali grass, Bent alkaligrass
Synonyms
- Glyceria arctica Hook.
- Glyceria distans var. arctica (Hook.) Gelert ex Simmonds
- Glyceria maritima var. arctica (Hook.) Kurtz
- Phippsia agrostidea (T.J.Sørensen) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia arctica (Hook.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia poacea (T.J.Sørensen) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Puccinellia agrostidea T.J.Sørensen
- Puccinellia poacea T.J.Sørensen
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native
Photos
Photo: Jeffery M. Saarela, Paul C. Sokoloff, Roger D. Bull, 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, 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.