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Catapodium marinum (L.) C.E.Hubb.

Darnel Fescue

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Catapodium marinum

Description: A small grass of walls, stony places and bare sandy ground along the coast.

Also known as darnel poa.

All names: Catapodium marinum (L.) C.E.Hubb.; Desmazeria marinum (L.) Druce; Desmazeria marina (L.) Druce; Desmazeria loliacea Nyman; Poa loliacea Huds.; Sclerochloa loliacea Woods ex Bab.; Festuca rottboelloides Kunth; Festuca loliacea auct.

Distribution Map from NBN: Catapodium marinum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Catapodium marinum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Catapodium marinum. (L.) C.E.Hubb.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2542. Accessed on 2026-11-02.