Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Melica mutica Walt.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Melica diffusa Pursh, Melica speciosa M.

Common names:

Melic grass (1840-1903) (19, 66, 87)

Narrow melic grass [Narrow melic-grass] (1852-1907) (5, 56, 72, 163)

Tall melic grass (1901-1907) (56, 72)

Two-flower melic [Two flower melic, Twoflower melic, Two-flowered melic] (1937-1977) (3, 122, 155)

Two-flower melic grass [Twoflower melicgrass] (Present) (50)