Vulpia

Vulpia is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. Vulpia is a part of a group of species known as fescues; Vulpia is sometimes considered a subset of the main fescue genus, Festuca. Many of these fescues are considered noxious weeds in many places. Vulpia myuros is a notable weed. The genus is named for Johann Samuel Vulpius (1760-1846), a German botanist. Species Vulpia alopecuros (Schousb.) Link - western Mediterranean, Canary Is Vulpia alpina L.Liu - Tibet Vulpia antucensis Trin. - Chile, Argentina Vulpia australis (Nees) Blom - South America Vulpia brevis Boiss. & Kotschy - eastern Mediterranean Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray - brome fescue - Europe, Africa, Arabia; naturalized in Australia, the Americas, various islands Vulpia ciliata Dumort. - Europe, North Africa, central + southwestern Asia; introduced in Australia, New Zeala......read more on Wikipedia.