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Phalaris paradoxa
Also called Awned Canary Grass, Bristle Spike Canary Grass, Hooded Canary Grass, Paradoxa Grass, Paradoxical Canary Grass, Variable Canary Grass, Gnawed Canary Grass
Hood canarygrass is a small annual grass with hooked spikelets that makes it distinctive in its genus. It is a weed of cultivated and disturbed ground rather than a garden ornamental, so it is grown mainly as a wild or forage-type grass.
Phalaris paradoxa is a species of grass in genus Phalaris. Common names include awned canary-grass and hood canarygrass.
The spikelets are very different from those of other members of this genus. The spikelet glumes each have a hook.
Timothy canarygrass · Bulbous canarygrass · Reed canarygrass · Shortspike canarygrass · Canary grass · Carolina canarygrass · Canarygrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phalaris paradoxa 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.
