Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) Hitchc. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) Hitchc.

Summary

Genus:

Muhlenbergia

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Muhlenbergiinae

Nomen number:

455163

Place of publication:

J. Washington Acad. Sci. 23:453. 1933

Verified:

04/30/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

2 (2 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

No images

Reference(s)

FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
Herrera-Arrieta, Y. & P. M. Peterson. 2007. Muhlenbergia (Poaceae) de Chihuahua, México. Sida, Bot. Misc. 29:60-62.
Herrera-Arrieta, Y. Las Gramíneus de Durango. 2001
Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16. 1992

Common names

English
deer grass –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja Norte
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja Sur
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo Leon
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas
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	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
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
2	Cultivated

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, Zacatecas, Baja Norte, Baja Sur]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Michoacan, Puebla]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada]

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=455163. Accessed 20 July 2025.