Molinia

Molinia
Molinia
Molinia caerulea (right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Molinia
Schrank
Species

See text.

Molinia is a genus of two species of grasses. The genus is named after Juan Ignacio Molina, a 19th century naturalist and scientist from Chile.

Species
  • Molinia caerulea (Purple Moor Grass). Northern Europe and Asia.
  • Molinia japonica (Japanese Moor Grass). Northeastern Asia; syn. Moliniopsis japonica.