Common names:

• Canary grass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• seed Canary grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• alpiste des Canaries  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• Kanariengras  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• scagliola  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• kanarii-kusa-yoshi  (Source: Grass Japan) - Japanese Rōmaji
• alpista  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• alpiste  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• kanariegräs  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder (for birdseed) forage
• Human food:
• Medicines: folklore

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt, Libya

Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Estonia, Russian Federation [Astrakhan, Saratov, Volgograd]


Cultivated

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Czech Republic, Hungary, Netherlands

Northern America

• Canada, United States

Southern America

• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, La Pampa]


Naturalized

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Turkey

Australasia

• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain [Baleares]

Northern America

• Mexico

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile


Uncertain

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco

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