Aira elegans Calflora

Taxon Report

Aira elegans Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.

Elegant hair grass

2017 David popp

Aira elegans is an annual grasslike herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (79 records) Plant Characteristics

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Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Aira
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Aira capillaris
JEF + PLANTS	Aira caryophyllea var. capillaris
PLANTS	Aira elegans ssp. ambigua
JEF + PLANTS	Aira elegantissima
JEF	Aira pulchella
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Information about Aira elegans from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (AIEL4) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
photos / record / common / links /app/up/mg/148/th/mg44476-0.jpg:! 2017 David popp:! mg44476:!

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/06/2023).