Sea wheat
Thinopyrum distichum
Scientific Name
Thinopyrum distichum (Thunb.) . Love
Synonyms
Agropyron distichum (Thunb.) P. Beauv.Triticum distichum Thunb.
Common Names
sea wheat
Family
Gramineae (South Australia)Poaceae (Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory)
Origin
Native to southern Africa (i.e. southern Cape Province in South Africa).
Naturalised Distribution
Naturalised in the coastal districts of south-western Western Australia.
Notes
Sea wheat (Thinopyrum distichum) is regarded as an environmental weed in Western Australia.
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