Common name: Silvery Hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea L. APNI* 
Description: Slender erect annual to c. 0.3 m high; culms slender, solitary or tufted.
Leaves with sheath retrorsely scabridulous; ligule acute, finely toothed at the apex, 2–6 mm long; blade convolute, to 0.3 mm wide.
Panicle lax, open, broad-ovoid, 2–12 cm long, branches long; pedicels up to twice as long as spikelets. Spikelets 2.5–3.5 mm long. Glumes acute, ovate, scabridulous on the keel, shining. Lemmas 75% as long as glumes; awn exserted, 3–4 mm long.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in pastures and disturbed grassland. Native of Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *SWP, *NC
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A. *N.T.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & S. M. Hastings
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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