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Ptilagrostis
Ptilagrostis is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae. They are distributed in Asia and North America. They are known commonly as false needlegrasses.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Ptilagrostis mongholica
speciesPtilagrostis mongholica

Ptilagrostis pelliotii
speciesPtilagrostis pelliotii

Ptilagrostis malyschevii
speciesPtilagrostis malyschevii

Ptilagrostis alpina
speciesPtilagrostis alpina

Ptilagrostis dichotoma
speciesPtilagrostis dichotoma

Ptilagrostis porteri
speciesPtilagrostis porteri

Ptilagrostis junatovii
speciesPtilagrostis junatovii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 142874.