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Phalaris minor Retz. (1783)
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Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
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Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked
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Phalaris minor is a species of grass native to North Africa, Europe, and South Asia.[1] The bunchgrass is widely naturalised elsewhere.
Common names include little seed canary grass, small-seeded canary grass, small canary grass,[2] lesser-canary grass,[3]guli danda (Hindi), and sittee booti (Urdu).[4]
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Description[edit]
Phalaris minor grows as a tufted annual bunchgrass up to 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) in height. It has a spike-like panicle.[5]
Taxonomy[edit]
It has had an uneventful taxonomic history. It was first published under its current name by Anders Jahan Retzius in 1783, and has retained that name since. It has no synonyms, and no infraspecific taxa.[6]
Uses[edit]
It is used as a fodder or forage for livestock and birdseed, but is poisonous to some mammals, and is a potential contaminant of seed crops.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Phalaris minor Retz.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database.
- ^ "Sorting Phalaris names". Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
- ^ "BSBI List 2007" (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ Phalaris minor. IDAO.
- ^ New South Wales Flora Online: Phalaris minor by Retz., Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
- ^ "Phalaris minor Retz.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
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Lesser Canary Grass is considered a useful forage grass for sheep and cattle in Iraq (Bor) but Duthie reports that it is of little value in India. It is a weed of roadsides and waste places, no doubt native in Pakistan.
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This annual weed, native in the Mediterranean region, is now widely distributed in many parts of the world. It was introduced to China accidentally in wheat seed imported from Mexico about 1974 and is becoming naturalized in parts of Yunnan.
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Canada
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Nile region, Oases, Mediterranean region, Egyptian desert and Sinai.
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Mediterranean region, eastwards to northwest Himalaya; introduced weed in temperate countries throughout the world.
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IV,VIII
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Distribution: Pakistan (Baluchistan, Punjab, N.W.F.P. & Kashmir); throughout the world, but apparently native only in the Mediterranean region and eastwards to Baluchistan and the Northwest Himalayas.
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