Commemorating J.I. Molina (1740–1829) author of Chilean natural history books.

Tufted perennial grass with persistent swollen lower internodes. Leaves mostly basal, narrow, flat, rolled in bud. Ligules hairy. Inflorescence a narrow panicle. Spikelets laterally flattened, each with 1-4 florets. Glumes 2, lower glume 1-3 nerved, upper glume 1-5 nerved. Lemmas firmer than the glumes, 3(-5) nerved. Palea 2-nerved.

Closely related to the genus Eragrostis. Grown for the highly ornamental blue foliage of M. caerulea.

Seed and division.

Tussock-forming grass with mostly narrow branched purplish spikes.

2-5 species from Europe and northern and south-western Asia.

Source: Spencer, R.; Aldous, D.; Stajsic, V.; McGeary, D (2005). Poaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.