Common names:

• annual Canary grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• bristle-spike Canary grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• lesser Canary grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• little-seed Canary grass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• small Canary grass  (Source: pers. comm.) - English
• wild Canary grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• phalaris mineur  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• kleines Glanzgras  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• talaceiro  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• alfarino  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• pasto-romano  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• alpiste valillo  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• pasto romano  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• småflen  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder (for livestock or for birdseed fide Webbia 49:280. 1995; Invasive Pl Spec) forage (for livestock or for birdseed fide Webbia 49:280. 1995; Invasive Pl Spec)
• Vertebrate poisons:
• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal, [Madeira Islands] Spain [Canarias]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Egypt, [Sinai] Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Georgia

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Germany, Netherlands
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Croatia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Adventive

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom


Naturalized

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China [Yunnan Sheng]
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Kyushu (n.)]

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Czech Republic
• EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]

Northern America

• Mexico, United States

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Uruguay

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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=27523. Accessed 1 July 2024.