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|accepted_name=Molinia
|accepted_authority=Schrank
|publications=
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Arundinoideae;Poaceae tribe Arundineae;Molinia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Arundinoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Arundineae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Molinia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 7
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; cespitose, not rhizomatous. <b>Culms</b> 15-250 cm, often disarticulating at the first node, basal internodes persistent, often swollen and clavate. <b>Leaves</b> mostly basal; ligules of hairs; blades flat or convolute, eventually disarticulating from the sheaths. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, panicles, not plumose. <b>Spikelets</b> laterally compressed, with (1)2-5 florets; rachilla prolonged beyond the distal florets, terminating in a rudimentary floret, internodes 1/3 – 1/2 as long as the florets, glabrous; disarticulation beneath the florets. <b>Glumes</b> exceeded by the florets, 1- or 3-veined; calluses 0.1-0.3 mm, blunt, glabrous or sparsely strigose, hairs to 0.5 mm; lemmas glabrous, inconspicuously 3(5)-veined, rounded over the back, acute to obtuse, unawned; paleas subequal to the lemmas; anthers 3. <b>Caryopses</b> falling free from the lemmas and paleas; pericarps loosely adherent, x = 9.</span><!--

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|distribution=Maine;N.J.;Mass.;Conn.;N.Y.;Wis.;R.I.;Vt.;Pa.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Oreg.
|discussion=<p>Molinia is a genus of two to five species, all of which are native to temperate Eurasia. One species is established in the Flora region.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=dix1945a
|text=Dix, W.L. 1945. Will the stowaway, Molinia caerulea, become naturalized? Bartonia 23:41-42.
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name=Molinia
|author=Mary E. Barkworth;
|authority=Schrank
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Maine;N.J.;Mass.;Conn.;N.Y.;Wis.;R.I.;Vt.;Pa.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Oreg.
|reference=dix1945a
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Arundinoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Arundineae
|genus=Molinia
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