OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Aira elegans   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aira elegans   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Aira elegans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Aira caryophyllea var. capillaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Aira elegans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Aira elegantissima

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-35-002:

Aira elegans   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Aira elegans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aspris capillaris

 

COMMON NAME:
Elegant Hairgrass, Annual Silver Hairgrass


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image of Aira elegans, Elegant Hairgrass, Annual Silver Hairgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_aiel4_001_lvd

        

image of Aira elegans, Elegant Hairgrass, Annual Silver Hairgrass

Keith Bradley    kab_aira_elegans_0207

April    Lexington County    SC

image of Aira elegans, Elegant Hairgrass, Annual Silver Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm210507_9983

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Pedicels usually 2-8× long as spikelets; upper lemma awn 1.5-2.5mm, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Aira elegans, Elegant Hairgrass, Annual Silver Hairgrass

JK Marlow    s050507_a

May    Greenville County    SC

Field

Leaves low cauline; blades angled, subterete, to 5cm long, scaberulous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Aira elegans, Elegant Hairgrass, Annual Silver Hairgrass

JK Marlow    jkm080606_004

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Aira elegans, Elegant Hairgrass, Annual Silver Hairgrass

JK Marlow    s080606_d

June    Greenville County    SC

Panicle open, the branches elongate, diffusely spreading or ascending, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Aira elegans   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aira elegans   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aira elegans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Aira caryophyllea var. capillaris

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Aira elegans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aira elegantissima

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-35-002:
Aira elegans   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Aira elegans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aspris capillaris

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1881

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common to uncommon to rare

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Inflorescence a delicate, diffuse panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain ivory-colored
Grain

 

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