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

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

• Basionym: Stipa capillaris Lam.

Common names:

• hairy-awn muhly  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• long-awn hairgrass  (Source: L West Indies) - English
• purple grass  (Source: L West Indies) - English
• rabo de pavo real  (Source: F PR ed2) - Spanish (Puerto Rico)
• yerba de pelos  (Source: F PR ed2) - Spanish (Puerto Rico)

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental;

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana (s.), Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio (s.), Pennsylvania (s.), West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois (s.), Kansas (e.), Missouri, Oklahoma]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (e.)]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Jalisco, Quintana Roo]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba, United States [Puerto Rico]
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
2. Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:366.
3. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
5. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 2000. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, ed. 2.
6. McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.

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=465937. Accessed 5 July 2024.