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Molinia
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
. They are both
herbaceous perennial
grasses
.
The
genus
is named after
Juan Ignacio Molina
, a 19th-century
Chilean
naturalist
.
; Species
Molinia
caerulea
Moench
- - Eurasia + northern Africa from
Ireland
+
Morocco
to
Ethiopia
+
Kazakhstan
;
naturalized
in parts of
United States
+
Canada
Molinia
japonica
Hack. -
Japan
,
Korea
,
Anhui
,
Zhejiang
,
Sakhalin
,
Kuril
; formerly included
see
Arctophila
Catabrosa
Cleistogenes
Diarrhena
Disakisperma
Festuca
Glyceria
Poa
Puccinellia