Parapholis incurva

Parapholis incurva is a species of grass native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa, and widely naturalised elsewhere. Common names include coast barbgrass, curved sea hard grass, curved hard-grass,[1] sicklegrass, curved sicklegrass and curved parapholis.

Parapholis incurva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Parapholis
Species:
P. incurva
Binomial name
Parapholis incurva

Description

It is a tufted annual bunchgrass up to 30 centimetres high, with green flowers.[2]

Taxonomy

It was first published as Aegilops incurva by Carl Linnaeus, and transferred into Parapholis by Charles Edward Hubbard in 1946.[3]

Distribution and habitat

It is widespread in the old world, occurring in northern Africa, Europe, and Asia. It has widely naturalised elsewhere.[4]

References

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