Periballia
{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Plantarum indigenarum et exoticarum icones ad vivum coloratae, oder, Sammlung nach der Natur gemalter Abbildungen inn- und ausländlischer Pflanzen, für Liebhaber und Beflissene der Botanik (15903833759).jpg
|image_caption = Periballia minuta
|display_parents = 4
|taxon = Periballia
|authority = Trin.
|type_species = Periballia hispanica
(syn of P. involucrata)
|type_species_authority = Trin.
|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=433265 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
|synonyms =
- Molineria Parl. 1850, illegitimate homonym not Colla 1826 (Hypoxidaceae)
- Molineriella Rouy
}}
Periballia is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family.Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae 133[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004464 Tropicos, Periballia Trin.][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00469.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]
- Periballia involucrata (Cav.) Janka - Spain, Portugal
- Periballia laevis (Brot.) Asch. & Graebn. - Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Crimea; naturalized in parts of United States
- Periballia minuta (L.) Asch. & Graebn. - Spain, Portugal, France incl Corsica, Italy incl Sicily + Sardinia, Greece, Bulgaria, Albania, Croatia, European Turkey, Algeria, Morocco; naturalized in South Africa + Australia