Poaceae
Common Mediterranean grass
Schismus barbatus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Schismus
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- أبوحِريبه, بهمة, خافور, خَفور, روشينة, زربوب الفار, سيسفان
- Chinese
- 髯毛齿稃草
- English
- Common Mediterranean grass, Mediterranean grass
- Finnish
- Espanjannatanen
- Persian
- چمن بیابانی ریشدار
- Swedish
- Fransgräs
- Welsh
- Sgismws
Synonyms
- Agrostis calycina Willd. ex Steud.
- Dactylis calycina (Loefl.) Scop.
- Electra brevifolia Nees ex Steud.
- Electra calycina (Loefl.) Panz.
- Electra nitida Panz. ex Steud.
- Electra ovalis Nees ex Steud.
- Electra scaberrima Nees ex Steud.
- Festuca barbata L.
- Festuca calycina Loefl.
- Festuca minuta Hoffm.
- Hemisacris gonatodes Steud.
- Koeleria calycina (Loefl.) DC.
- Koeleria cantabrica Willk. & Lange
- Koeleria multiculmis DC.
- Schismus arabicus var. minutus (Hoffm.) Boiss.
- Schismus barbatus f. coloratus Jahand. & Maire
- Schismus barbatus subsp. calicinus (L.) Maire & Weiller
- Schismus barbatus subsp. calycinus (Loefl.) Maire & Weiller
- Schismus barbatus subsp. perennis (Ducell & Maire) Maire
- Schismus barbatus var. genuinus Maire
- Schismus barbatus var. minutus (Hoffm.) Maire & Weiller
- Schismus barbatus var. perennis (Ducell & Maire) Maire
- Schismus brevifolius Nees
- Schismus calycinus (Loefl.) K.Koch
- Schismus calycinus f. nana Kuntze
- Schismus calycinus f. nanus Kuntze
- Schismus calycinus var. calycinus
- Schismus calycinus var. genuinus Maire
- Schismus calycinus var. marginatus (P.Beauv.) Kuntze
- Schismus calycinus var. minutus (Hoffm.) Kuntze
- Schismus calycinus var. neglectus Kuntze
- Schismus calycinus var. tenuis (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz
- Schismus fasciculatus P.Beauv.
- Schismus fasciculatus var. flaccidus Stapf
- Schismus fasciculatus var. perennans Stapf
- Schismus fasciculatus var. tenuis (Steud.) Stapf
- Schismus hirsutus Trin.
- Schismus littoralis Coste
- Schismus marginatus P.Beauv.
- Schismus marginatus Hook.f.
and 5 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May (from 29 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cristhian Mace, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arvel Hernandez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pompilid, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James C. Davis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.