Publication: Hort. Berol. 1: 105. 1827.

Origin: Introduced

selected vouchers: WTU

Notes: FNA24: "Ammophila arenaria is a European species that has become naturalized in most temperate countries. It was introduced along the Pacific coast and in the interior of western North America as a sand binder.

North American plants belong to Ammophila arenaria (L.) Link subsp. arenaria, in which the glumes exceed the lemma and the callus hairs are about 2-3 mm long. It is native from northern and western Europe to northwestern Spain."

References: (none)