Poaceae
Vahl's alkaligrass
Puccinellia vahliana
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Puccinellia
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Puccinellia vahlianaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Vahl's alkaligrass
- Finnish
- Routasorsimo
- Swedish
- Fimbulgräs
Synonyms
- Atropis kjellmannii (Lange ex Kjellm. & Lundstr.) K.Richt.
- Atropis kjelmanni K.Richt.
- Atropis vahliana (Liebm.) K.Richt.
- Colpodium vahlianum (Liebm.) Nevski
- Glyceria kjellmanni Lange ex Kjellm. & Lundstr.
- Glyceria vahliana (Liebm.) Th.Fr.
- Phippsia vahliana (Liebm.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Poa angustata J.Vahl
- Poa vahliana Liebm.
- Puccinellia kjellmani (Lange ex Kjellm. & Lundstr.) Tolm.
- Puccinellia kjellmanii (Lange) Tolm.
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.