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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)
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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