Milium effusum

Milium effusum, the American milletgrass or wood millet, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to damp forests of the Holarctic Kingdom.

Milium effusum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Milium
Species:
M. effusum
Binomial name
Milium effusum
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Agrostis effusa Lam.
    • Alopecurus effusus Link ex Kunth nom. inval.
    • Decandolia effusa (Lam.) T.Bastard
    • Melica effusa (L.) Salisb.
    • Miliarium effusum (L.) Moench
    • Milium adscendens Roxb. nom. inval.
    • Milium confertum L.
    • Milium dubium Jacquem. ex Hook.f. nom. inval.
    • Milium nepalense Nees nom. inval.
    • Milium transsilvanicum Schur
    • Milium willdenowii Lojac.
    • Paspalum effusum (L.) Raspail

The Latin specific epithet effusum means "spreading loosely".[2]

Habitat

Milium effusum inhabits damp, deciduous woods and shaded banks, where it grows on winter-wet, calcareous to mildly acidic clay and loam soils, and also over rocks in western Scotland.[3]

Distribution

It can be found in the northern United States and Canada,[4] and Europe, including Britain but excluding the Mediterranean, east to Siberia and the Himalayas.[5]

Cultivation

The yellow-leaved cultivar 'Aureum', known as Bowles' golden grass, is cultivated as an ornamental garden plant, and in the UK has won the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[6][7]

References
  1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  2. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
  3. "Online Atlas of the British & Irish Flora".
  4. "Milium effusum". United States Department of Agriculture. 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
  5. "Plants for a Future".
  6. "RHS Plantfinder - Milium effusum 'Aureum'". Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  7. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 64. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

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