See other conspecific taxa:

• Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. bulbosum (0 accessions)
• Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. elatius (0 accessions)

Common names:

• bulbous oatgrass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• false oat grass  (Source: BSBI) - English
• onion couch  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• onion twitch  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• onion-root twitch  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• tall oatgrass  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• fenasse  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• avena altissima  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• ō-kani-tsuri  (Source: F JapanOhwi) - Japanese Rōmaji
• yan mai cao  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage
• Environmental:
• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia (s.)]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan (s.)

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation, [Astrakhan, Kalmykia, Saratov] Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Cultivated

Europe

• Europe

Northern America

• United States (n.e.)


Naturalized

Africa

• SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal]
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

• United States (w.)

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Central America
• South America

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
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