Parapholis incurva

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.

Description
It is a tufted annual bunchgrass up to 30 centimetres high, with green flowers.

Taxonomy
It was first published as Aegilops incurva by Carl Linnaeus, and transferred into Parapholis by Charles Edward Hubbard in 1946.

Distribution and habitat
It is widespread in the old world, occurring in northern Africa, Europe, and Asia. It has widely naturalised elsewhere.