Muhlenbergia filiformis
Appearance
Muhlenbergia filiformis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
Genus: | Muhlenbergia |
Species: | M. filiformis
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Binomial name | |
Muhlenbergia filiformis |
Muhlenbergia filiformis, known by the common name Pullup muhly, is a species of grass. It is native to western North America from western Canada to northern Mexico.
Pullup muhly grows in many types of moist to wet habitats.
Description
[edit]Muhlenbergia filiformis is an annual herb producing clumps of decumbent stems up to 30 centimeters long which root where their nodes touch the substrate. The inflorescence is a narrow, cylindrical array of appressed branches bearing many spikelets each about a millimeter long.
External links
[edit]- Jepson Manual Treatment - Muhlenbergia filiformis
- USDA Plants Profile
- Grass Manual Treatment
- Muhlenbergia filiformis - Photo gallery
Categories:
- Muhlenbergia
- Grasses of the United States
- Grasses of Canada
- Grasses of Mexico
- Native grasses of the Great Plains region
- Native grasses of California
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the Western United States
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Chloridoideae stubs