Summary
Place of publication:
Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6:84. 1919
Verified:
02/10/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:372.
- Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- Gould, F. W. The grasses of Texas. 1975
- Herrera-Arrieta, Y. & P. M. Peterson. 2007. Muhlenbergia (Poaceae) de Chihuahua, México. Sida, Bot. Misc. 29:73-74.
- Hitchcock, A. S. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. 1950
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
- McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains. 1977
- Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16. 1992
- 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
ring grass – ring muhly –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Colorado | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Catamarca | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Cordoba | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | La Pampa | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Mendoza | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Salta | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | San Luis | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Kansas, Oklahoma]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila, San Luis Potosi, Sonora]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Colorado, Wyoming]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona]
Southern America
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Catamarca, Cordoba, La Pampa, Mendoza, Salta, San Luis]
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Center for Plant Conservation listed | | | Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource). |
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=24684.
Accessed 25 May 2026.