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Taxon:  Phalaris coerulescens Desf.



Summary
Genus:
Phalaris
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Phalaridinae
Nomen number:
27519
Place of publication:
Fl. atlant. 1:56. 1798
Verified:
08/05/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
34 (32  active, 31  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Baldini, R. M. 1995. Revision of the genus Phalaris L. (Gramineae). Webbia 49:289.
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  3. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  6. Hanson, A. A. Grass varieties in the United States. 1972 89.
  7. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008
  8. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  9. Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. 2004
  10. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Randall, R. P. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. 2007
  13. Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:484.
  14. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  15. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. 1994
Common names
English
blue Canary grass –
sunol grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Egypt [Sinai], Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Greece, Croatia, Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Naturalized
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czech Republic
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom, Sweden
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Hanson, A. A. Grass varieties in the United States. 1972 89.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=27519. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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