Common names:

• big quaking grass  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• blowfly grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• great quaking grass  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• greater quaking grass  (Source: BSBI) - English
• large quaking grass  (Source: F Iraq) - English
• quaking grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• italienskt darrgräs  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• da ling feng cao  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental
• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey

Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation [Volgograd]
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sicily), Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Cultivated

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom

Northern America

• United States (w.)


Naturalized

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom

Northern America

• United States (w.)

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Jamaica
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala, Honduras
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile


Uncertain

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]

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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=7725. Accessed 6 July 2024.