PLANTS Profile for Phalaris minor (littleseed canarygrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Phalaris minor Retz.
littleseed canarygrass

Symbol:

PHMI3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
HI		I
CAN		W

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Uruguay. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Phalaris minor Retz.

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Distribution:
Phalaris minor Retz.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, LA, NJ, NM, OR, PA, SC, TX), CAN (NB)

Related Taxa:
Phalaris minor Retz.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 13 species in Phalaris

Classification:
Phalaris minor Retz.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Phalaris L. – canarygrass
Species	Phalaris minor Retz. – littleseed canarygrass

U.S. Weed Information:
Phalaris minor Retz.

canarygrass
littleseed canarygrass

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

WSWS

Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Introduced Information:
Phalaris minor Retz.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Phalaris minor Retz.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41337.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Related Web Sites:
Phalaris minor Retz.

Arizona: abstract & image of littleseed canarygrass (Phalaris minor)

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 03:10 AM CDT