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m{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen
| name = ''Phalaris paradoxa''
| image = Phalaris_paradoxa.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Poales]]
| familia = [[Poaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Phalaris]]''
| species = '''''P. paradoxa'''''
| binomial = ''Phalaris paradoxa''
| binomial_authority = [[L.]]
}}
'''''Phalaris paradoxa''''' is a member of the genus [[Phalaris (grass)|Phalaris]]
The spikelets are very different from those of other members of this genus. The spiklet glumes each have a hook.
Distribution within the [[United States]]: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington.
==External links==
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PHPA5 USDA Plants Profile: ''Phalaris paradoxa'']
* [http://delta-intkey.com/grass/images/phalar16.gif Full Color Image of Phalaris paradoxa fertile spikelet surrounded by sterile spikelets]
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9179,9189 Jepson Manual Treatment]
[[Category:Grasses]]
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