''Parapholis incurva'' is a species of grass native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa, and widely

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elsewhere. Common names include coast barbgrass, curved sea hard grass, curved hard-grass, sicklegrass, curved sicklegrass and curved parapholis.

Description

It is a tufted annual

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up to 30 centimetres high, with green flowers.

Taxonomy

It was first published as ''Aegilops incurva'' by Carl Linnaeus, and transferred into '' Parapholis'' by Charles Edward Hubbard in 1946.

Distribution and habitat

It is widespread in the old world, occurring in northern Africa, Europe, and Asia. It has widely naturalised elsewhere.

References

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment

USDA Plants Profile

Grass Manual Treatment

Photo gallery
{{Taxonbar, from=Q7135657 Pooideae Halophytes Bunchgrasses of Africa Bunchgrasses of Asia Bunchgrasses of Europe Flora of France Grasses of India Grasses of Pakistan Flora of Algeria Flora of Libya Flora of Egypt Flora of Morocco Flora of Afghanistan Flora of Cyprus Flora of Georgia (country) Flora of Greece Flora of Iran Flora of Iraq Flora of Israel Flora of Italy Flora of Portugal Flora of Palestine (region) Flora of Russia Flora of Spain Flora of Turkey Flora of Great Britain Taxa named by Charles Edward Hubbard