Poaceae
Wright's alkaligrass
Puccinellia wrightii
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Puccinellia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Wright's alkaligrass
Synonyms
- Colpodium wrightii Scribn. & Merr.
- Colpodium wrightii subsp. flavum Scribn. & Merr.
- Colpodium wrightii var. flavum Scribn. & Merr.
- Colpodium wrightii var. wrightii
- Phippsia vahliana subsp. colpodioides (Tzvelev) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Phippsia wrightii (Scribn. & Merr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Poa wrightii (Scribn. & Merr.) Hitchc.
- Puccinellia colpodioides Tzvelev
- Puccinellia wrightii subsp. colpodioides (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
- Puccinellia wrightii var. flava (Scribn. & Merr.) Consaul
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native
Photos
Photo: Scribn. and Merr., CC0, 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.