Common names:

• Carolina Canary grass  (Source: Grass Tex) - English
• May grass  (Source: F GPlains) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Ohio (s.e.)]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas (s. & e.), Missouri, Oklahoma]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado (s.e.), Oregon (w.)]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida (n.), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada (s.)]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California (Norte)]


Naturalized

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Europe

• Europe

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: United States [Puerto Rico]

References:

1. Baldini, R. M. 1995. Revision of the genus Phalaris L. (Gramineae). Webbia 49:299.
2. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
3. Gould, F. W. & R. Moran. 1981. The grasses of Baja California, Mexico.
4. Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas
5. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
6. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
7. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
8. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
9. Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource). URL: https://herbarium.utk.edu/vascular/vascular-database.php?CategoryID=Monocots&FamilyID=Poaceae&GenusID=Phalaris&SpeciesID=caroliniana target='_blank'

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=27518. Accessed 1 July 2024.