Aira praecox

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Common Name(s)

European hairgrass, yellow hairgrass, early hair grass, spike hairgrass

Synonym(s)

Agrostis praecox, Airella praecox, Airopsis praecox, Aspris praecox, Avena praecox, Caryophyllea praecox, Fussia praecox, Salmasia praecox, Trisetum praecox, Aira gmelini

Is this plant a cultivar? No

Name of Variety, or Name of Cultivar:

NA

Life History: Annual

Growth Form: grass

Native Range

Africa Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands Asia-Temperate Caucasus: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia - Ciscaucasia Western Asia: Turkey
Europe East Europe: Lithuania Middle Europe: Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom Southeastern Europe: Italy Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain

Plant Description

A low-growing tufted winter annual grass found in low elevations in open and sandy sites.

External Resources

Tropicos Link

Tropicos Species Page

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