Poaceae
Shortspike canarygrass
Phalaris brachystachys
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phalaris
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- خرفار قصير السنابل
- Czech
- Chrastice krátkoklasá
- English
- Shortspike canarygrass
- French
- Alpiste à épi court
- Hebrew
- חפורית מצויה
- kab
- Leḥcic n tɣiṛdmawin
- Lithuanian
- Trumpaspyglis strypainis
- Persian
- فلاریس برچیستاچیس
- Polish
- Mozga krótkokłosa
- Swedish
- Klotflen
- Welsh
- Pefrwellt dyrys
Synonyms
- Phalaris brachystachys var. robusta Thell.
- Phalaris brachystachys var. typica Paunero
- Phalaris canariensis subsp. brachystachys (Link) Posp.
- Phalaris canariensis var. brachystachys (Link) B.Fedtsch.
- Phalaris nitida C.Presl
- Phalaris quadrivalvis Lag.
- Phalaris vivipara Paolucci
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Chaym Turak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Phalaris
- Reed canary grassPhalaris arundinaceaPoaceae
- Annual canarygrassPhalaris canariensisPoaceae
- Bulbous canarygrassPhalaris aquaticaPoaceae
- Littleseed canarygrassPhalaris minorPoaceae
- Hood canarygrassPhalaris paradoxaPoaceae
- Carolina canarygrassPhalaris carolinianaPoaceae
- SunolgrassPhalaris coerulescensPoaceae
- Timothy canarygrassPhalaris angustaPoaceae
- California canarygrassPhalaris californicaPoaceae
- Lemmon's canarygrassPhalaris lemmoniiPoaceae
- Phalaris truncataPoaceae
- Phalaris amethystinaPoaceae
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.