Deschampsia elongata (Hook.) Munro GRIN-Global

Taxon: Deschampsia elongata (Hook.) Munro

Summary

Genus:

Deschampsia

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Holcinae

Nomen number:

13561

Place of publication:

G. Bentham, Pl. hartw. 342. 1857

Comment:

authorship verified from original literature, where Munro is acknowledged, in a footnote on p. 341, for determining the grasses in this work

Verified:

08/10/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym

Aira elongata Hook.

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
Gould, F. W. & R. Moran. The grasses of Baja California, Mexico. 1981
Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993
Zuloaga, F. O. et al. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. 1994

Common names

English
slender hair grass –
Swedish
slanktåtel –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja Norte
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Idaho
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Wyoming
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Nevada
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	Canada	Yukon Territory
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	United States	Alaska
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Chubut
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Neuquen
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Santa Cruz
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Tierra del Fuego
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Chile
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maine
5	Uncertain	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja Norte]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Yukon Territory], United States [Alaska]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia]

Southern America

SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Chubut, Neuquen, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego], Chile

Naturalized
Northern America

NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Maine]

Uncertain
Northern America

NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado]

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=13561. Accessed 23 September 2026.