Poaceae
British alkaligrass
Puccinellia rupestris
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Puccinellia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Dutch
- Dichtbloemig kweldergras
- English
- British alkaligrass, Stiff saltmarsh-grass
- German
- Dichtblütiger Salzschwaden
- Welsh
- Gwellt-y-morfa syth
Synonyms
- Atropis procumbens (Curtis) Thurb.
- Festuca procumbens (Curtis) Kunth
- Glyceria procumbens (Curtis) Dumort.
- Panicularia procumbens (Curtis) Kuntze
- Poa decussata Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange
- Poa dura Clairv.
- Poa procumbens Curtis
- Poa rupestris With.
- Poa secunda Zea ex Roem. & Schult.
- Pseudosclerochloa rupestris (With.) Tzvelev
- Puccinellia procumbens (Curtis) Druce
- Sclerochloa procumbens (Curtis) P.Beauv.
- Sclerochloa rupestris (With.) Britten & Rendle
- Scleropoa procumbens (Curtis) Parl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Herbier GUITTOT, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Herbier PONTARLIER-MARICHAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Derrick B.Poindexter, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.