June grass
Koeleria cristata (L.) Pers.
scientific name, 2008: Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult.
other common names: prairie June grass, crested hair grass, Koeler’s grass
Koeleria: in honor of George Ludwig Koeler, a late 18th-century German professor at Mainz and a student of grasses
Cristata: from Latin, meaning “crested”
Grass family: Poaceae (Gramineae)
Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition
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