Muhlenbergia multifloraColumbus

blowout grass

WFO wfo-0000916811 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Muhlenbergia multiflora, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. a Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-24 / obs. 91746382
Muhlenbergia multiflora, photographed by Jared Shorma
fig. b Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 86837798
Muhlenbergia multiflora, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. c Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154393318
Muhlenbergia multiflora, photographed by Jared Shorma
fig. d Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 86844674
Muhlenbergia multiflora, photographed by Jared Shorma
fig. e Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87367224
Muhlenbergia multiflora, photographed by Jared Shorma
fig. f Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87491447
Muhlenbergia multiflora, photographed by Jared Shorma
fig. g Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87503789
Muhlenbergia multiflora, photographed by Emily Geest
fig. h Emily Geest, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115365011

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Muhlenbergia multiflora is native: Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming ArizonaColoradoIllinoisKansasMontanaNebraskaNew MexicoNorth DakotaOklahomaSouth DakotaTexasUtahWyoming
Native distribution of Muhlenbergia multiflora, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
Colorado COL
Illinois ILL
Kansas KAN
Montana MNT
Nebraska NEB
New Mexico NWM
North Dakota NDA
Oklahoma OKL
South Dakota SDA
Texas TEX
Utah UTA
Wyoming WYO

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Graphephorum flexuosum Thurb.
  • Muhlenbergia ammophila P.M.Peterson
  • Redfieldia flexuosa (Thurb.) Vasey

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol REFL. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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