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

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

• (=) Bromus dertonensis All.
• Basionym: Festuca bromoides L.
• (=) Festuca dertonensis (All.) Asch. & Graebn.
• (=) Vulpia dertonensis (All.) Gola

Common names:

• brome fescue  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• silver grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• six-weeks fescue  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• squirreltail fescue  (Source: F BritStace) - English
• squirrel-tail vulpia  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• vulpie faux-brome  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• cevadinha-braba  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• festuca-cevadinha  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• ekorrsvingel  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal, [Azores, Madeira Islands] Spain [Canarias]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Uganda
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon (found only on Mt. Cameroon)

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Georgia

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Naturalized

Africa

• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, South Africa
• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

• Canada, Mexico, United States

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: West Indies
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay

References:

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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=41932. Accessed 4 October 2024.