Aira caryophyllea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Aira
- Species
- Aira caryophyllea
- Scientific Name
- Aira caryophyllea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Aira caryophyllea
Aira caryophyllea is a species of grass known by the common name silver hairgrass. It's a species of bunchgrass that is native to Europe, Africa, and Asia. It has been introduced to other continents, including North America, where it is naturalized and common.
Aira caryophyllea is a light green grass with a silvery sheen on its spikelets before it dries and becomes straw-colored to white. The spikelets are borne on a spreading panicle inflorescence.
...Aira caryophyllea in languages:
- Bokmål
- hvitsmyle
- Chinese
- 銀鬚草
- Czech
- ovsíček obecný
- Danish
- Udspærret dværgbunke
- Dutch
- Zilverhaver
- English
- Silver Hairgrass
- English
- silver hair grass
- English
- Silvery Hair Grass
- Finnish
- sirolauhio
- German
- Nelken-Haferschmiele
- Hungarian
- Pusztai Lengefű
- Korean
- 은털새
- Russian
- Аира гвоздичная
- Swedish
- vittåtel
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