Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Aira elegans
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Elegant Hairgrass from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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, 1938)
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.
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, 1938)
Aspris capillaris
1881
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in fields, on roadsides, in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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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