Species

Aira caryophyllea subsp. caryophyllea

Common Name(s)

silvery hair grass

Authority

Aira caryophyllea L. subsp. caryophyllea

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

AIRCSC

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Features

Small annual grass growing in dull green or reddish-green, erect tufts. Long ligule. Spiklets very small and silvery on hair-like branches. Each spiklet has two awns which cross.

Year Naturalised

1870

Origin

Eurasia

This page last updated on 10 Jun 2010