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Learn more about Elegant Hairgrass from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Aira elegans
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aira elegans
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Aira caryophyllea var. capillaris
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)
Aspris capillaris
COMMON NAME:
Elegant Hairgrass, Annual Silver Hairgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_aiel4_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_aira_elegans_0207
April Lexington County SC
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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).
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm080606_004
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s080606_d
June Greenville County SC
Panicle open, the branches elongate, diffusely spreading or ascending, per Weakley's Flora.