Sporobolus pungens(Schreb.) Kunth

WFO wfo-0000901414 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sporobolus pungens, photographed by Alessia Guggisberg
fig. a Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-20 / obs. 189492543
Sporobolus pungens, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. b Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174544800
Sporobolus pungens, photographed by Tim Johnson
fig. c Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174531268
Sporobolus pungens, photographed by Josip Skejo
fig. d Josip Skejo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157507394
Sporobolus pungens, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. e Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154397869
Sporobolus pungens, photographed by Davide Puddu
fig. f Davide Puddu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50003808
Sporobolus pungens, photographed by Kostas Zontanos
fig. g Kostas Zontanos, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28633741
Sporobolus pungens, photographed by Ljaž
fig. h Ljaž, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147859333

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Sporobolus pungens is native: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaEgyptLibyaMauritaniaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusLebanon-SyriaPalestineSinaiTürkiyeCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSiciliaSpain BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Sporobolus pungens, 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
Baleares BAL EUROPE
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Egypt EGY
Libya LBY
Mauritania MTN
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Sinai SIN
Türkiye TUR

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 10 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.

  • Agrostis arenaria Gouan
  • Agrostis pungens Schreb.
  • Agrostis stolonifera var. arenaria (Gouan) Dobignard & Portal
  • Phalaris disticha Forssk.
  • Podosemum pungens (Schreb.) Link
  • Sporobolus arenarius (Gouan) Duval-Jouve
  • Sporobolus purgans Griseb.
  • Sporobolus virginicus var. arenarius (Gouan) Maire
  • Vilfa arenaria (Gouan) Trin.
  • Vilfa pungens (Schreb.) P.Beauv.

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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