UCJEPS: Jepson Interchange: Phalaris coerulescens Desf.

Jepson Flora Project: Jepson Interchange for California Floristics

	Phalaris coerulescens Desf.
·	POACEAE ·
Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)

Current Jepson Flora Project Synonyms

Phalaris bulbosa Cav., illeg.; Phalaris paradoxa var. coerulescens (Desf.) Paunero

Initial Editorial Analysis 15 Aug 2011

Source of Report for California

Hrusa et al., ms later published in Madrono 49(2)61-98. 2002: DISTRIBUTION: SnFrB.; STATUS: waif.; NOTES: Like P. paradoxa, but perennial with bulbous based culms, sterile spikelets not clublike; "...single plant on roadside...1999..."

Hrusa et al., Madrono 49(2)61-98. 2002: DIST: SnFrB: Hrusa et al. Current Status: Casual: DOC: Contra Costa Co.: Mount Diablo, Black Hawk Ridge Road south of Sycamore Creek, single plant on roadside. June 12, 1999, B. Ertter 16713 (JEPS): NOTES: Like P. paradoxa, but perennial with bulbous based culms, sterile spikelets not clublike. Not relocated in 2000, possibly due to road grading at the site.

Initial Editorial Comments

according to Source b, in California occurring as a waif (27 Feb 2003).

Editorial Summary and Current Status

Editorial Summary

addition, for taxon reported as naturalized in California since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]

Current Status

JFP-2, accepted name for taxon naturalized in CA

Current Status Authority

The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]

Current Status Date

15 Aug 2011

List of names for this Current Status category

List of ICPN names in Phalaris
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Phalaris

Resources of the Jepson Flora Project:

External links:

·Distribution maps: County distribution based on CCH specimens

	Jepson eFlora

	Archived Indexes from The Jepson Manual (1993; TJM1)
	Jepson's "A Flora of California" (genus)
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