Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.). Hairawn Muhly Habit: Tufted perennial. Culms: Erect, 60-100 cm. tall, wiry, smooth or nearly so, in small or large tufts. Blades: Elongate 10-40 cm. long, flat or involute, 1-4 mm. wide, rigid, taper-pointed. Sheaths: Upper long and often sheathing the base of the panicle, the lower short, overlapping, scaberulous at least towards the summit and with auricles mostly 3-5 mm. long. Ligule: Membranous, about 4 mm. long. Inflorescence: Panicle purple, one third to one half the height of the plant, oblong, diffuse, the branches capillary, flexuous, the branchlets and pedicels finally spreading, the latter 15-30 mm. long. Spikelets: Excluding awns 3-4 mm. long, 1-flowered, acute, lanceolate, purple, rachilla disarticulating above the glumes. Glumes: Subequal, acute, or the second awn-pointed or short-awned (to 2 mm), half as long as the lemma keeled. Lemmas: Exclusive of awn about 4 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, 3-nerved, somewhat scabrous, minutely hairy below on the callus and with a delicate scabrous awn 6-18 mm. long. Palea: About as long as the lemma, narrow, acute. Habitat: Dry, rocky or sandy soil. September-October. Kansas Range: Elk and Chautauqua counties.