Scientific Name

Tribolium uniolae (L. f.) Renvoize

Synonyms

Cynosurus uniolae L. f.
Triticum capense Spreng.
Poa uniolae (L.f.) Schrad.
Uniola capensis (Spreng.) Trin.
Brizopyrum capense (Spreng.) Trin.
Desmazeria uniolae (L.f.) Kuntze
Plagiochloa uniolae (L. f.) Adamson & Sprague

Family

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

Common Names

haas grass, South African haas grass, tribolium

Origin

Native to southern Africa (i.e. Cape Province in South Africa).

Naturalised Distribution

Widely naturalised in southern Australia (i.e. in the coastal districts of south-western and southern Western Australia, in south-eastern and southern South Australia and near Melbourne in southern Victoria). Also sparingly naturalised in Tasmania.

Notes

Haas grass (Tribolium uniolae) is regarded as an environmental weed in Western Australia.

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