Other Common Names: Hairy-awn Muhly; Gulf Muhly

Scientific Name: Muhlenbergia capillaris

Native to Alabama: Yes

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center – James Garland Holmes
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• I am a vascular plant with no woody stems and narrow blade-like sheathed leaves, so I am a grass.
• I do not keep leaves year-round in colder climates and keep them year round in warmer climates, so I am semi-evergreen.
• I die back in winter but regrow in spring for many seasons, so I am perennial.
• I can grow 2 – 3 feet high and 2 – 3 feet wide.

• Brown blades can be cut away in spring to promote new growth.
• Can divide every few years to promote upright growth and flowering.
• Seed plumes remain on the plant throughout the winter.
• Appears lighter in color in the winter.
• When watering, hold hose to base of plant for a count of 5 seconds. Water should reach all roots.
• Avoid sprinkling water on the leaves.
• Requires average amount of water.

Full Sun
(6+ hours of sun per day)

Part Sun/Shade
(2-6 hours of sun per day)

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center – Peggy Romfh
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• All plants start life as a seed.
• The seed turns into a sprout when it grows roots.
• The sprout becomes a seedling as grows a stem and leaves above the ground.
• After the seedling becomes an adult plant it will grow flowers.
• After the flowers finish blooming, each flower turns into a seed.
• When the seeds fall down to the ground, the plant life cycle starts again.
• Each seed can become a plant if it has the food, water and space that it needs to grow.