Munroa pulchella(Kunth) Amarilla

low woollygrass

WFO wfo-0001339470 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Munroa pulchella, photographed by Bobby McCabe
fig. a Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-09 / obs. 204732698
Munroa pulchella, photographed by Dominic Gentilcore
fig. b Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198534521
Munroa pulchella, photographed by Bobby McCabe
fig. c Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198239190
Munroa pulchella, photographed by Kevin Floyd
fig. d Kevin Floyd, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197695929
Munroa pulchella, photographed by bmasinton
fig. e bmasinton, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 193154614
Munroa pulchella, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. f CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189766972
Munroa pulchella, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. g CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191097525
Munroa pulchella, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. h CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185646725

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Munroa pulchella is native: Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming ArizonaCaliforniaColoradoMexico CentralMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestNevadaNew MexicoTexasUtahWyoming
Native distribution of Munroa pulchella, 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
California CAL
Colorado COL
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Nevada NEV
New Mexico NWM
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 9 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.

  • Dasyochloa pulchella (Kunth) Willd. ex Rydb.
  • Erioneuron pulchellum (Kunth) Tateoka
  • Koeleria pulchella (Kunth) Spreng.
  • Sieglingia pulchella var. parviflora Beal
  • Trichodiclida prolifera Cerv.
  • Tricuspis pulchella (Kunth) Torr.
  • Tridens pulchellus (Kunth) Hitchc.
  • Triodia pulchella Kunth
  • Uralepis pulchella (Kunth) Kunth

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 DAPU7. 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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