Weeds of Australia - Fact Sheet

Top Scientific Name Synonyms Family Common Names Origin Naturalised Distribution Notes

Scientific Name

Parapholis incurva (L.) C.E. Hubb.

Synonyms

Aegilops incurva L.
Pholiurus incurvus (L.) Hitchc.

Family

Gramineae (South Australia)
Poaceae (Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory)

Common Names

coast barb grass, coast barb-grass, coast barbgrass, curly barbgrass, curly rye grass, curly ryegrass, curved hardgrass, curved sea hard grass, curved sea hardgrass, curved sicklegrass, sickle grass

Origin

Native to northern Africa (i.e. Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia), the Madeira Islands, the Canary Islands, Europe (i.e. southern England, France, Portugal, Spain, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia and Ukraine), western Asia and the Indian sub-continent (i.e. north-western India and Pakistan).

Naturalised Distribution

Widely naturalised in southern Australia (i.e. in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the southern and western parts of Western Australia).

Naturalised overseas in southern Africa, New Zealand, the USA, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

Notes

Coast barbgrass (Parapholis incurva) is regarded as an environmental weed in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.