Taxon:
Phalaris canariensis L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:54. 1753
Verified:
01/25/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
Canary grass – seed Canary grass – French
alpiste des Canaries – German
Kanariengras – Italian
scagliola – Japanese Rōmaji
kanarii-kusa-yoshi – Portuguese
alpista – Spanish
alpiste – Swedish
kanariegräs –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | n. |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Estonia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Astrakhan | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Saratov | |
1 | Native | Europe | Eastern Europe | Russian Federation | Volgograd | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Middle Europe | Czech Republic | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
2 | Cultivated | Europe | Middle Europe | Netherlands | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | Canada | | |
2 | Cultivated | Northern America | | United States | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Entre Ríos | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | La Pampa | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Eastern Europe | Belarus | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | Denmark | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Bulgaria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Croatia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Slovenia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | Baleares | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
5 | Uncertain | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
5 | Uncertain | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
Native
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands]
-
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria (n.), Egypt, Libya
Europe
-
EASTERN EUROPE:
Estonia, Russian Federation [Astrakhan, Saratov, Volgograd]
Cultivated
Europe
-
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czech Republic, Hungary, Netherlands
Northern America
-
REGION:
Canada, United States
Southern America
-
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, La Pampa]
Naturalized
Africa
-
MACARONESIA:
Portugal [Azores]
Asia-Temperate
Australasia
Europe
-
NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark, United Kingdom, Sweden
-
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria, Belgium
-
EASTERN EUROPE:
Belarus
-
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain [Baleares], France
Northern America
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Peru
-
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile
Uncertain
Africa
-
MACARONESIA:
Portugal [Madeira Islands]
-
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Morocco
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | for birdseed | Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. |
Animal food | forage | | Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170 |
Human food | potential as cereal | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |