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|accepted_name=Phalaris canariensis
|accepted_authority=L.
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|common_names=Annual canarygrass;Phalaris des canaries;Alpiste des canaries
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Phalaris;Phalaris canariensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Poeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Phalaris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Phalaris canariensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual. <b>Culms</b> 30-100 cm. <b>Ligules</b> 3-6 mm, rounded to obtuse, lacerate; blades 3-25 cm long, 2-10 mm wide. <b>Panicles</b> 1.5-5 cm long, 1.5-2 cm wide, ovoid to oblong-ovoid, continuous, not lobed, truncate at the base; branches not evident, spikelets borne singly, not clustered. <b>Spikelets</b> homogamous, with 3 florets, terminal floret bisexual; disarticulation above the glumes, beneath the sterile florets. <b>Glumes</b> 7-10 mm long, 2-2.5 mm wide, smooth, mostly glabrous, sometimes sparsely pilose between the veins, keels winged, wings to 0.6 mm, widening distally, lateral veins inconspicuous, smooth, apices rounded to acute, sometimes mucronate; sterile florets 2, equal or subequal, 2-4.5 mm, 1/3 or more the length of the bisexual florets, lanceolate, sparsely hairy, acute; bisexual florets 4.5-6.8 mm, ovate, densely hairy, shiny, stramineous to gray-brown; anthers 2-4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Wash.;Del.;Wis.;W.Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Mass.;Maine;N.H.;R.I.;Vt.;Fla.;Wyo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Alaska;Va.;Colo.;Calif.;Ala.;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Ark.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Ariz.;Idaho;Md.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;Mont.;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. And Labr. (Labr.);N.S.;N.W.T.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Miss.;Ky.;D.C;Oreg.
|discussion=<p>Phalaris canariensis is native to southern Europe and the Canary Islands, but is now widespread in the rest of the world, frequently being grown for birdseed. The exposed ends of the glumes are almost semicircular in outline, making this one of our easier species of Phalaris to identify.</p>
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name=Phalaris canariensis
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|authority=L.
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik and Hana Pazdírková
|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;Wash.;Del.;Wis.;W.Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Mass.;Maine;N.H.;R.I.;Vt.;Fla.;Wyo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Alaska;Va.;Colo.;Calif.;Ala.;Kans.;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Ark.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Ariz.;Idaho;Md.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;Mont.;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. And Labr. (Labr.);N.S.;N.W.T.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Miss.;Ky.;D.C;Oreg.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae
|genus=Phalaris
|species=Phalaris canariensis
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