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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Muhlenbergia capillaris   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muhlenbergia capillaris   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Muhlenbergia capillaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Muhlenbergia capillaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Muhlenbergia capillaris var. capillaris

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-45-002:

Muhlenbergia capillaris   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Muhlenbergia capillaris var. capillaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Muhlenbergia capillaris var. capillaris

 

COMMON NAME:
Pink Muhlygrass, Upland Muhly, Hair-awn Muhly, Hairgrass


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image of Muhlenbergia capillaris, Pink Muhlygrass, Upland Muhly, Hair-awn Muhly, Hairgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_muca2_001_lvd

        

image of Muhlenbergia capillaris, Pink Muhlygrass, Upland Muhly, Hair-awn Muhly, Hairgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_muca2_002_lvd

        

image of Muhlenbergia capillaris, Pink Muhlygrass, Upland Muhly, Hair-awn Muhly, Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm0310c_20

October    Greenville County    SC

SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale

image of Muhlenbergia capillaris, Pink Muhlygrass, Upland Muhly, Hair-awn Muhly, Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm0310c_22

October    Greenville County    SC

SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale

Panicle purple, oblong, diffuse, 1/3-1/2 the height of the culm, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Muhlenbergia capillaris, Pink Muhlygrass, Upland Muhly, Hair-awn Muhly, Hairgrass

Keith Bradley    kab_m_capillaris_71545

October    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Muhlenbergia capillaris, Pink Muhlygrass, Upland Muhly, Hair-awn Muhly, Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm061112_072

November    Union County    SC

A field of pink mist for about 10 days every autumn, per Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020).

image of Muhlenbergia capillaris, Pink Muhlygrass, Upland Muhly, Hair-awn Muhly, Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm101120_279

November    Greenville County    SC

image of Muhlenbergia capillaris, Pink Muhlygrass, Upland Muhly, Hair-awn Muhly, Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm101120_282

November    Greenville County    SC

Spikelets one-flowered, awns 3-12mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Muhlenbergia capillaris, Pink Muhlygrass, Upland Muhly, Hair-awn Muhly, Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm111113_401

November    Union County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Leaves 16" long, narrow, rolled lengthwise into an upright wiry leaf, per Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Muhlenbergia capillaris   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muhlenbergia capillaris   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Muhlenbergia capillaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Muhlenbergia capillaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Muhlenbergia capillaris var. capillaris

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-45-002:
Muhlenbergia capillaris   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Muhlenbergia capillaris var. capillaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muhlenbergia capillaris var. capillaris

 

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951

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: In the Piedmont and Interior Low Plateau primarily in clayey or thin rocky soils (especially in areas which formerly burned and were prairie-like) and in open woodlands, in the Coastal Plain in pine savannas, sandhills, dry woodlands, and coastal grasslands (where sometimes in close proximity with M. sericea), in the Mountains around calcareous rock outcrops, sandy prairies westwards, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets usually purplish

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish
Grain

 

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