Muhlenbergia minutissima
Appearance
Muhlenbergia minutissima | |
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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. minutissima
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Binomial name | |
Muhlenbergia minutissima (Steud.) Swallen
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Muhlenbergia minutissima is a species of grass known by the common name annual muhly. It is native to North America.
Distribution
[edit]It is found throughout the western United States and much of Mexico. It can be found in many habitat types, including disturbed areas.
Description
[edit]It is an annual bunchgrass growing 30 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is an open, spreading array of hair-thin branches bearing millimeter-long spikelets.
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Categories:
- Muhlenbergia
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Grasses of the United States
- Grasses of Mexico
- Native grasses of California
- Native grasses of Texas
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Flora of New Mexico
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Chloridoideae stubs