Common names:

• tumble windmill grass  (Source: Names Beetle) - English
• windmill grass  (Source: Grass US) - English

Economic Importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant;

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Missouri (w.), Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota (s.e.)]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado (e.)]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Coahuila de Zaragoza]


Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

References:

1. Allen, C. M. 1980. Grasses of Louisiana
2. Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
3. Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:340.
4. Eilers, L. J. & D. M. Roosa. 1994. The vascular plants of Iowa
5. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
6. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
7. Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois. Note: introduced
8. Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
9. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains.
10. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
11. Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas
12. Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=103627. Accessed 3 July 2024.