Mediterranean Hairgrass
Rostraria cristata (Linnaeus) Tzvele
Mediterranean Hairgrass: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/12405
Synonyms
Annual Junegrass  Koeleria phleoides 
Tags
Waif Non-native

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2 Records

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Status

"Introduced from Europe; Pensacola, Florida; Mobile, Alabama; Cameron Co., Texas; Portland, Oregon; several places in California; cultivated in nursery plots in Beltsville, Maryland, and Tucson, Arizona" (Reed, 1964).

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Rostraria cristata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Rostraria
Species:
R. cristata
Binomial name
Rostraria cristata
Synonyms
  • Festuca cristata L.
  • Festuca gerardii Vill.
  • Festuca phleoides Vill.
  • Koeleria gerardii (Vill.) Shinners
  • Koeleria phleoides (Vill.) Pers.
  • Lophochloa cristata (Linn.) Hyl.
  • Lophochloa phleoides (Vill.) Reichb.

Rostraria cristata, the Mediterranean hairgrass,[1] is an annual grass species which is native to Eurasia and widely naturalised throughout central and eastern Australia.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ NRCS. "Rostraria cristata". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Rostraria cristata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  3. ^ "Rostraria cristata". Flora of Pakistan. Retrieved 2008-06-15.


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