Poaceae
Tundra alkaligrass
Puccinellia tenella
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Puccinellia
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Puccinellia tenellaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 细雅碱茅
- English
- Tundra alkaligrass, Tundra alkali grass
- Finnish
- Huippuvuortensorsimo
Synonyms
- Atropis laeviuscula V.I.Krecz.
- Atropis tenella (Lange) K.Richt.
- Glyceria langeana Berlin
- Glyceria langeana var. arcuata Rosenv.
- Glyceria tenella Lange ex Kjellm.
- Phippsia langeana (Berlin) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia langeana subsp. asiatica (T.J.Sørensen) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia svalbardensis (Rønning) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia tenella (Lange) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Puccinellia laeviuscula V.I.Krecz.
- Puccinellia langeana (Berlin) T.J.Sørensen
- Puccinellia langeana subsp. asiatica T.J.Sørensen
- Puccinellia langeana subsp. langeana
- Puccinellia svalbardensis Rønning
- Puccinellia svalbardensis Ronning
- Puccinellia tenella subsp. langeana (Berlin) Tzvelev
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: 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.