Phormium

Genus of flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae This article is about the genus. For the fiber made from these plants, see Flax in New Zealand. Phormium is a genus of two plant species in the family Asphodelaceae. One species is endemic to New Zealand and the...

Molinia

Genus of grasses Molinia, or moor grass, is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the grass family, native to damp moorland in Eurasia and northern Africa.[4] They are both herbaceous perennial grasses.[5][6][7] The genus is named after Juan Ignacio Molina, a...

Panicum

Species of plant Panicum virgatum, commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55°N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico. Switchgrass is one of the dominant...

Miscanthus

Genus of grasses Miscanthus, or silvergrass,[4] is a genus of African, Eurasian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family, Poaceae.[5][6] Species 14 species are accepted.[3] Miscanthus depauperatus Merr. – the Philippines Miscanthus ecklonii (Nees) Mabb. –...

Helictotrichon

Species of grass Helictotrichon sempervirens, the blue oat grass, is a species of flowering plant in the true grass family, Poaceae, native to central and southwest European grasslands. It is a bunchgrass often used as an ornamental grass in garden design and...