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

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

• Basionym: Vilfa asperifolia Nees & Meyen ex Trin.

Common names:

• alkali muhly  (Source: Names Beetle) - English
• scratch grass  (Source: Grass US) - English

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control;

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario (s.)]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Michigan, New York (w.), Ohio, Pennsylvania (s.)]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Maryland (n.)]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Sonora, Baja California (Norte)]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Jalisco]

Southern America

• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Córdoba, Mendoza, Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chubut, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Juan, Tucumán, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires] Chile


Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

References:

1. Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
2. Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:265.
3. Correa, M. N. 1969-. Flora patagonica.
4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
5. Herrera-Arrieta, Y. & P. M. Peterson. 2007. Muhlenbergia (Poaceae) de Chihuahua, México. Sida, Bot. Misc. 29:17-19.
6. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California Note: lists as Muhlenbergia asperifolia (Nees & Meyen) Parodi
7. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. Note: lists as Muhlenbergia asperifolia (Nees & Meyen) Parodi
8. Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio. Note: lists as Muhlenbergia asperifolia (Nees & Meyen) Parodi
9. Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gramineas de Bolivia Note: lists as Muhlenbergia asperifolia (Nees & Meyen) Parodi
10. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. Note: lists as Muhlenbergia asperifolia (Nees & Meyen) Parodi
11. Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania. Note: lists as Muhlenbergia asperifolia (Nees & Meyen) Parodi
12. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47

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=24672. Accessed 6 July 2024.