Parapholis incurva is a species of grass

Poaceae

The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...

 native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa, and widely naturalised

Introduced species

An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...

 elsewhere. Common names include Coast Barbgrass, Curved Sea Hard Grass, Sickle Grass, Curved Sicklegrass and Curved Parapholis.

Taxonomy

It was first published as Aegilops incurva by Carl Linnaeus, and transferred into Parapholis

Parapholis

Parapholis is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family. There are about six species.Species include:* Parapholis incurva* Parapholis strigosa- External links :* *...

by Charles Edward Hubbard

Charles Edward Hubbard

Charles Edward Hubbard was a British botanist, specialising in agrostology – the study of grasses; he was considered "the world authority on the classification and recognition of grasses"...

in 1946.

Distribution and habitat

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

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Grass Manual Treatment
• Photo gallery