Sporobolus maritimus(Curtis) P.M.Peterson & Saarela

WFO wfo-0001341450 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sporobolus maritimus, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. a Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-06-23 / obs. 102257243
Sporobolus maritimus, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. b Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59917734
Sporobolus maritimus, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. c Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 55469209
Sporobolus maritimus, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. d Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56448593
Sporobolus maritimus, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. e Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24398044
Sporobolus maritimus, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. f Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56386424
Sporobolus maritimus, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. g Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24398154
Sporobolus maritimus, photographed by Christina
fig. h Christina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183112655

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Sporobolus maritimus is native: Cape Provinces, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Spain Cape ProvincesMauritaniaMoroccoNamibiaBelgiumFranceGreeceItalyNetherlandsNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSpain
Native distribution of Sporobolus maritimus, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belgium BGM EUROPE
France FRA
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Netherlands NET
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Spain SPA
Cape Provinces CPP AFRICA
Mauritania MTN
Morocco MOR
Namibia NAM

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 16 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.

  • Cynodon pungens Raspail
  • Dactylis maritima Curtis
  • Dactylis stricta Aiton
  • Limnetis pungens Rich.
  • Paspalum strictum (Aiton) Brot.
  • Poa ternitana Spreng. ex Link
  • Rottboellia stricta (Aiton) Steud.
  • Spartina capensis Nees
  • Spartina intermedia Bosc ex St.-Yves
  • Spartina maritima (Curtis) Fernald
  • Spartina maritima subsp. stricta (Aiton) St.-Yves
  • Spartina pungens P.Beauv.
  • Spartina schreberi J.F.Gmel.
  • Spartina stricta (Aiton) Roth
  • Spartina stricta var. triplex Gray
  • Trachynotia stricta (Aiton) DC.

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. 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.

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