Muhlenbergia, Florida Muhly Grass, Texas Muhly Grass 'White Cloud'

Differs from the other forms in cultivation in having white flowers, not pink.

Though its native range reached Massachuset...Read Morets, all of the plants now in commerce labeled M. capillaris appear to belong to the less hardy southern coastal ecotype, once called M. capilliaris var. filipes. That labeling is technically correct, though it misleads those north of Z8a into believing they've purchased a hardy plant.

I wish some enterprising nursery would collect seed from a hardy northern form.

A rare plant in the wild through the northern half of its range. Wild populations depend on fire for their long-term survival. This species has recently gone extinct in New England in the wild.