Pronunciation: mew-len-BUR-gee-a POR-ter-eye
Common name: Bush muhly
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Dry brushy slopes 3000'-5000', shadscale
scrub, joshua tree woodland, west Colorado Desert,
Mojave Desert
Blooming period: June to October
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Muhlenbergia
2) porteri