Synonyms:

• (≡) Agropyron villosum (L.) Link
• (≡) Haynaldia villosa (L.) Schur
• Basionym: Secale villosum L.

Common names:

• mosquito grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• penselråg  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage ()
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of rye (based on a report of crosses with Secale cereale)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Kabardino-Balkaria (possibly), Karachay-Cherkessia (possibly), Krasnodar (possibly)]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan (w.)

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Hungary, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine [Krym]
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (s. & Corsica), Spain [Baleares]

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Euro+Med Editorial Committee Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). (EuroMed Plantbase)
3. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
4. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)
5. Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976 (Grass USSR)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=100314. Accessed 15 mayo 2024.