Phalaris paradoxaL.

hood canarygrass

WFO wfo-0000889756 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Phalaris paradoxa, photographed by Judy
fig. a Judy, CC0 1.0 / 2018-04-29 / obs. 16919116
Phalaris paradoxa, photographed by Konshau Duman
fig. b Konshau Duman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194541952
Phalaris paradoxa, photographed by Adam J. Searcy
fig. c Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177774725
Phalaris paradoxa, photographed by Konshau Duman
fig. d Konshau Duman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198999770
Phalaris paradoxa, photographed by Konshau Duman
fig. e Konshau Duman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194541918
Phalaris paradoxa, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. f Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134528426
Phalaris paradoxa, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. g Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131619489
Phalaris paradoxa, photographed by crothfels
fig. h crothfels, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 129928446

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Phalaris paradoxa is native: Algeria, Canary Is., Egypt, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Yemen, Pakistan, Albania, Baleares, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMoroccoTunisiaAfghanistanCyprusEast Aegean Is.Gulf StatesIranIraqLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiTranscaucasusTürkiyeYemenPakistanAlbaniaFranceGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSpainTürkiye-in-Europe Canary Is.MadeiraBaleares
Native distribution of Phalaris paradoxa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
East Aegean Is. EAI
Gulf States GST
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Yemen YEM
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Canary Is. CNY
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Madeira MDR
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 20 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Phalaris appendiculata Schult.
  • Phalaris dentata Sieber ex Kunth
  • Phalaris obvallata Trin.
  • Phalaris paradoxa f. appendiculata (Schult.) Chiov.
  • Phalaris paradoxa f. nana Chiov.
  • Phalaris paradoxa f. praemorsa (Lam.) Paunero
  • Phalaris paradoxa var. appendiculata (Schult.) Pirotta
  • Phalaris paradoxa var. intacta Coss. & Durieu
  • Phalaris paradoxa var. intermedia Coss. & Durieu
  • Phalaris paradoxa var. megastachya Goiran
  • Phalaris paradoxa var. microstachya Goiran
  • Phalaris paradoxa var. paradoxa
  • Phalaris paradoxa var. praemorsa (Lam.) Coss. & Durieu
  • Phalaris paradoxa var. typica Paunero
  • Phalaris praemorsa Lam.
  • Phalaris pruinosa Lam. ex P.Beauv.
  • Phalaris pseudoparadoxa Fig. & De Not.
  • Phalaris rubens Ehrenb. ex Trin.
  • Phalaris sibthorpii Griseb.
  • Phalaris utriculosa L. ex Munro

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.