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close-up of mature flower spikelets (Photo: Jose Hernandez at USDA PLANTS Database)

close-up of seeds (Photo: Jose Hernandez at USDA PLANTS Database)

Thinopyrum junceiforme

Scientific Name

Thinopyrum junceiforme (Á. Löve & D. Löve) Á. Löve

Synonyms

Agropyron junceiforme Á. Löve & D. Löve

Family

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

Common Names

sea wheat grass, sea wheat-grass, sea wheatgrass

Origin

Native to northern Europe (i.e. northern France, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, the UK, southern Norway, Sweden, Belgium, northern Germany, the Netherlands, northern Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania).

Naturalised Distribution

Widely naturalised in the coastal districts of south-eastern Australia (i.e. in south-eastern South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania).

Also naturalised in New Zealand.

Notes

Sea wheat-grass (Thinopyrum junceiforme) is regarded as an environmental weed in Tasmania and South Australia.

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