Poaceae
Nuttall's alkaligrass
Puccinellia nuttalliana
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Puccinellia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 北方碱茅
- English
- Nuttall's alkaligrass, Interior alkaligrass
Synonyms
- Atropis airoides Holm
- Atropis nuttalliana (Schult.) Pilg.
- Festuca nuttalliana (Schult.) Kunth
- Glyceria airoides (Nutt.) Fr.
- Glyceria montana Buckley
- Panicularia distans var. airoides Scribn.
- Phippsia airoides Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia borealis (Swallen) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia borealis subsp. neglecta (Tzvelev) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia deschampsioides (T.J.Sørensen) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia interior (T.J.Sørensen) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Poa airoides Nutt.
- Poa nuttalliana Schult.
- Puccinellia airoides S.Watson & J.M.Coult.
- Puccinellia borealis Swallen
- Puccinellia borealis subsp. neglecta Tzvelev
- Puccinellia cusickii Weath.
- Puccinellia deschampsioides T.J.Sørensen
- Puccinellia interior T.J.Sørensen
- Puccinellia neglecta (Tzvelev) Bubnova
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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.