Family: Poaceae
leafy satin grass, more..., Mexican muhly, wire-stem muhly
[Muhlenbergia ambigua Torr., more, Muhlenbergia foliosa (Roem. & Schult.) Trin., Muhlenbergia foliosa subsp. ambigua (Roem. & Schult.) Trin., Muhlenbergia foliosa subsp. setiglumis (Roem. & Schult.) Trin., Muhlenbergia mexicana f. ambigua (L.) Trin., Muhlenbergia mexicana f. mexicana (L.) Trin., Muhlenbergia mexicana f. setiglumis (L.) Trin., Muhlenbergia mexicana var. filiformis (L.) Trin.]
Etymology: Muhlenbergia: after Gotthilf Heinrich E. Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Born in Trappe, Pennsylvania, educated in Halle, Germany, after returning to US., devoted his leisure hours to the study of the natural sciences, botany in particular. Plants: perennial grass
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