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Parapholis incurva
Also called Curved Hard Grass, Coast Barbgrass, Curly Barbgrass, Curly Ryegrass, Curved Hardgrass, Curved Sea Hardgrass, Sicklegrass
Curved sicklegrass is a small tufted annual grass of coastal and saline habitats, growing up to about 30 cm tall with curved seed spikes. It is a wild species rather than a garden plant, and it thrives in sunny, open, often salty ground.
Parapholis incurva is a species of grass native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa, and widely naturalised elsewhere. Common names include coast barbgrass, curved sea hard grass, curved hard-grass, sicklegrass, curved sicklegrass and curved parapholis.
It is widespread in the old world, occurring in northern Africa, Europe, and Asia. It has widely naturalised elsewhere.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Parapholis incurva by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
