''Muhlenbergia andina'', known by the common name foxtail muhly, is a species of

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Distribution

It is native to western North America from

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. It grows in moist habitat such as meadows,

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es, and riparian riverbanks.

Description

''Muhlenbergia andina'' is a rhizomatous perennial grass growing 25 to 85 centimeters tall. The

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

is a narrow, dense cluster of appressed, upright branches bearing small, silky-haired spikelets.

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