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Sea-fern grass

Catapodium marinum (L.) C.E.Hubb.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Catapodium

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Sea-fern grass: Catapodium marinum
Photo: Liliane ROUBAUDI, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
Dutch
Laksteeltje
English
Sea-fern grass
Finnish
Merisoulo
French
Catapode maritime
Welsh
Gwenithwellt y morfa

Synonyms

  • Brachypodium loliaceum Roem. & Schult.
  • Brachypodium loliaceum Fr.
  • Brachypodium loliaceum (Huds.) P.Beauv.
  • Brachypodium rottboella (DC.) P.Beauv.
  • Bromus loliaceus (Huds.) Ten.
  • Catapodium loliaceum (Huds.) Link
  • Catapodium loliaceum subsp. syrticum (Barratte & Murb.) Murb.
  • Catapodium marinum var. balearicum (Willk.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
  • Demazeria loliaceus (Ten.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Demazeria marina (L.) Rothm.
  • Desmazeria loliacea (Huds.) Nyman
  • Desmazeria marina (L.) Druce
  • Desmazeria triticea J.Presl ex Willk.
  • Festuca marina L.
  • Festuca rottboellia (DC.) Raspail
  • Festuca rottboellioides Kunth
  • Festuca tenoreana Steud.
  • Festuca tenoriana Steud.
  • Poa loliacea Huds.
  • Sclerochloa loliacea (Huds.) J.Woods
  • Scleropoa loliacea (Huds.) Godr. & Gren.
  • Triticum loliaceum (Huds.) Sm.
  • Triticum maritimum With.
  • Triticum rottboellia DC.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.