Sporobolus pungens (Schreber) Kunth is rare and endangered psammophytic plant species, with four localities in Croatia known to date, all on the central and south Dalmatian islands. In October 2001 a new locality was found on the island of Mljet, in Blaca Bay seashore sands, as a part of the psammo-halophytic community Echinophoro-Elymetum farcti (Ammophilion).Sporobolus pungens (Schreber) Kunth, rijetka i ugrožena psamofitska biljna vrsta, dosad je bila poznata s četiri nalazišta u Hrvatskoj na srednjodalmatinskim i južnodalmatinskim otocima. U mjesecu listopadu 2001. nađeno je novo nalazište na otoku Mljetu, u uvali Blaca, na obalnim pijescima u sastavu psamohalofitske asocijacije Echinophoro-Elymetum farcti (Ammophilion)
