Poaceae
Creeping alkaligrass
Puccinellia phryganodes
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Puccinellia
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Puccinellia phryganodesPoaceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 佛利碱茅, 膝曲碱茅
- English
- Creeping alkaligrass
- Finnish
- Rönsysorsimo
Synonyms
- Atropis geniculata V.I.Krecz.
- Atropis phryganodes (Trin.) Steffen
- Atropis vilfoidea (Andersson ex Malme) K.Richt.
- Catabrosa vilfoidea Andersson ex Malme
- Glyceria phryganodes (Trin.) Fr.
- Glyceria vilfoidea (Andersson ex Malme) Th.Fr.
- Phippsia neoarctica Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia phryganodes (Trin.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia vilfoidea (Andersson ex Malme) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia vilfoidea subsp. beringensis Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia vilfoidea subsp. sibirica (Hadac ex Á.Löve) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Poa geniculata Krecz.
- Poa phryganodes Trin.
- Puccinellia ambigua T.J.Sørensen
- Puccinellia asiatica Czerep.
- Puccinellia distans f. ambigua (T.J.Sørensen) B.Boivin
- Puccinellia geniculata (V.I.Krecz.) Hultén
- Puccinellia phryganodes subsp. asiatica (Hadac ex Á.Löve) Tzvelev
- Puccinellia phryganodes subsp. geniculata (V.I.Krecz.) Tzvelev
- Puccinellia phryganodes subsp. neoarctica (Á.Löve & D.Löve) Elven
- Puccinellia phryganodes subsp. phryganodes
- Puccinellia phryganodes subsp. sibirica (Hadac ex Á.Löve) Elven
- Puccinellia phryganodes subsp. vilfoidea (Andersson) Tzvelev
- Puccinellia vilfoidea (Andersson ex Malme) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Puccinellia vilfoidea subsp. beringensis (Á.Löve & D.Löve) Czerep.
- Puccinellia vilfoidea subsp. sibirica Hadac ex Á.Löve
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: 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.