A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Last updated 12/31/2023 by David Giblin.
Polypogon australis Brongn.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
Chilean rabbit's-foot grass
[This taxon is excluded from Washington]
Publication: Voy. Monde 2: 21. 1829.
Origin: Introduced
selected vouchers: WTU
Notes: Introduced and collected once, near Bingen, Kilicktat Co., Wash, (Suksdorf, 10091, in 1919) but not otherwise known from our area. It is considered excluded from the flora.
FNA24: "Polypogon australis is native to South America. It has become established in western North America, where it grows alongside ditches and streams. The records from Washington and Oregon are from ballast dumps; it is not known from recent collections in those states."
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