Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Aira caerulea L.
• Basionym: Melica caerulea L.
• (-) Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea (L.) Moench

Common names:

• moor grass  (Source: Glea Cron) - English
• purple moor grass  (Source: BSBI) - English
• molinie bleue  (Source: F NAmer) - French
• blåtåtel  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental;

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Lebanon, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Kurgan, Omsk, Tyumen (s.)]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation, [Saratov] Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain


Cultivated

Northern America

• United States


Naturalized

Northern America

• Canada (s.e.), United States (n.e. & n.w.)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) URL: www.skud.info
2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
3. Dančák, M. et al. 2012. Taxonomy and cytogeography of the Molinia caerulea complex in central Europe. Preslia 84:351-374.
4. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
5. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Molinia+caerulea&quantity=1 target='_blank'
7. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
8. Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation)
9. Meyer, M. H. 2012. Chapter 3. Ornamental grasses in the United States. Hort. Rev. 39:121-151.
10. Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:182-183.
11. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR

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=24515. Accessed 5 July 2024.