Weeds of Australia - Fact Sheet

Top Scientific Name Synonyms Family Common Names Origin Naturalised Distribution Notes

Scientific Name

Vulpia fasciculata (Forssk.) Fritsch

Synonyms

Festuca fasciculata Forssk.
Vulpia membranacea (L.) Dumort.

Family

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

Common Names

dune fescue, fescue grass, sand fescue, silver grass, silvergrass, vulpia

Origin

Native to northern Africa, western and southern Europe, the middle-east and western Asia.

Naturalised Distribution

Widely naturalised in southern Australia (i.e. in the coastal districts of southern New South Wales, in southern and western Victoria, in south-eastern and southern parts of South Australia and in the south-western and southern parts of Western Australia). It is also sparingly naturalised in Tasmania.

Notes

Sand fescue (Vulpia fasciculata) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria and Western Australia.