Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Colorado, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Texas; introduced into Austria, California, Cape Provinces, Colombia, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Spain, Switzerland, Tasmania, Victoria (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
United States, Pennsylvania (Longwood Gardens)
Location Remarks
1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square , PA 19348. (See website for detailed directions)
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Nassella
Specific Epithet
tenuissima
Authorship
(Trin.) Barkworth
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#326,525 of 335,497
Top 98%
Extinction probability
11%