Aira caryophyllea subsp. caryophyllea

Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 26/11/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Ligule. Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 26/11/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Coromandel. November.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Kakariki railside. Nov 2007.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Inflorescence - Chapman Road.<br>Photographer: Mike Thorsen, Licence: All rights reserved.

Aira caryophyllea subsp. caryophyllea.<br>Photographer: Mike Thorsen, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Lawn of Aira on old dune, Queens Park, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 02/11/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common name

silvery hair grass

Family

Poaceae

Authority

Aira caryophyllea L. subsp. caryophyllea

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Grasses

NVS code

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AIRCSC

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

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