Milium (plant)
Milium is a genus of Eurasian, North American, and North African plants in the grass family.
Species
Source:Milium atropatanum Maroofi - IranMilium effusum - eastern + central Canada; northeastern + north-central United States; Eurasia + North Africa from Iceland + Spain to Taiwan + KamchatkaMilium pedicellare Roshev. ex Melderis - Middle EastMilium schmidtianum - Turkey, Iran, CaucasusMilium transcaucasicum - TranscaucasusMilium vernale - Eurasia + North Africa from France + Morocco to Kazakhstan; naturalized in Idaho
Many species once included in Milium but now considered better suited to other genera: Achnatherum, Aeluropus, Agrostis, Airopsis, Alloteropsis, Amphicarpum, Aniselytron, Anthaenantia, Antinoria, Apera, Arundinella, Axonopus, Brachiaria, Cynodon, Digitaria, Echinochloa, Eriochloa, Eriocoma, Gastridium, Homolepis, Ichnanthus, Isachne, Luziola, Muhlenbergia, Nassella, Oplismenus, Oryzopsis, Panicum, Paspalum, Pentameris, Piptatherum, Piptochaetium, Poa, Polypogon, Sorghum, Sporobolus, Trachypogon, Tricholaena, Triplachne, Zingeria and Zoysia.