Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Aira flexuosa L.
• (≡) Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin.

Common names:

• crinkled hair grass  (Source: Grass US) - English
• wavy hair grass  (Source: F GB Ire) - English
• deschampsie flexueuse  (Source: F NAmer) - French
• aira flessuosa  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• kruståtel  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control (as Deschampsia flexuosa)
• Weed: potential seed contaminant (as Deschampsia flexuosa)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation-Far East [Far East]
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, 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, [Saratov] Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Minnesota, Oklahoma (Le Flore Co.), Wisconsin]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Georgia (n.), Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua]

Southern America

• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile


Naturalized

Northern America

• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia (s.)]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas]

References:

1. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
2. International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
3. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Lerchenfeldia flexuosa (L.) Schur
4. Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:172-173.

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=404477. Accessed 6 July 2024.