Rostraria

Rostraria is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Eurasia and North Africa with one species native to South America. Hairgrass is a common name.

These grasses are sometimes included in genus Koeleria.


 * Species
 * Rostraria azorica S.Hend. - Santa Maria in Azores
 * Rostraria balansae (Coss. & Durieu) Holub - Algeria incl. Habibas Islands
 * Rostraria berythea (Boiss. & Blanche) Holub - Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Jordan, Israel
 * Rostraria clarkeana (Domin) Holub - 	Jammu & Kashmir
 * Rostraria cristata (Linn.) Tzvelev - Mediterranean hairgrass - Mediterranean, Sahara, and southwest Asia from Portugal + Cape Verde to northern India
 * Rostraria hispida (Savi) Dogan - Mediterranean from Morocco + Corsica to Turkey
 * Rostraria litorea (All.) Holub - Mediterranean from Morocco + Corsica to Greece
 * Rostraria obtusiflora (Boiss.) Holub - from Crete to Tajikistan
 * Rostraria pumila (Desf.) Tzvelev from Canary Islands to Pakistan
 * Rostraria rohlfsii (Asch.) Holub - Sahara (Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Egypt)
 * Rostraria salzmannii (Boiss.) Holub - Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
 * Rostraria trachyantha (Phil.) Soreng - Peru, Chile

see Avellinia Trisetaria
 * formerly included
 * Rostraria festucoides - Avellinia festucoides
 * Rostraria laevis - Trisetaria panicea
 * Rostraria neglecta - Trisetaria panicea
 * Rostraria parviflora - Trisetaria parviflora