Muhlenbergia ×involuta Swallen. Common name: Canyon Muhly. Phenology: (May-) Sep-Nov. Habitat: Washes and arroyos in xeric limestone prairies and savannas, canyons, and slopes. Distribution: C. and e. Texas to nc. Texas.
ID notes: This taxon can be distinguished from its parents by its open panicles (as in M. reverchonii) with narrowly spreading branches (vs widely spreading in M. reverchonii), in combination with keeled sheaths (as in M. lindheimeri)
Key advice:Not keyed; see Identification Notes.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA25, K4, NcTx, NS, POWO, Tx. Basionym: Muhlenbergia ×involuta Swallen 1932
Links to other floras: = Muhlenbergia ×involuta - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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