Parapholis incurva | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Genus: | Parapholis |
Species: | P. incurva
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Binomial name | |
Parapholis incurva |
Parapholis incurva is a species of grass native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa, and widely naturalised elsewhere. Common names include coast barbgrass, curved sea hard grass, curved hard-grass, [1] sicklegrass, curved sicklegrass and curved parapholis.
It is a tufted annual bunchgrass up to 30 centimetres high, with green flowers. [2]
It was first published as Aegilops incurva by Carl Linnaeus, and transferred into Parapholis by Charles Edward Hubbard in 1946. [3]
It is widespread in the old world, occurring in northern Africa, Europe, and Asia. It has widely naturalised elsewhere. [4]