South Africa.
False hairgrass is an annual grass in the Poaceae family. There are two subspecies. Subspecies airoides is an annual grass which forms small, delicate tufts. Subspecies jugorum is a biennial tufted grass that may form cushions. Both subspecies grow to 350 mm tall, have loosely arranged leaves and culms and have an inflorescence that is an open panicle, almost equal in width and length. Subspecies airoides has leaf blades to 30 mm long and 2 mm wide and anthers less than 0.5 mm long, whereas subspecies jugorum has leaf blades 40-60 mm long and 1-3 mm wide and anthers of 0.5-1.0 mm long. Subspecies jugorum has hairy nodes. Both subspecies have stalked glands on the plant and awned lemmas. Subspecies airoides flowers from August to December whereas subspecies jugorum flowers in February (Hoare, Grassland Species Profiles).