Poaceae
Annual silver hairgrass
Aira elegans
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Aira
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Common names
By language (5)
- Armenian
- Գնկոր նրբագեղ
- Bulgarian
- Елегантен брол
- English
- Annual silver hairgrass
- Finnish
- Korulauhio
- Swedish
- Fintåtel
Synonyms
- Aira ambigua De Not.
- Aira byzantina F.Albers
- Aira capillaris Host
- Aira capillaris subsp. ambigua (Asch.) Arcang.
- Aira capillaris var. ambigua Asch.
- Aira capillaris var. divaricata Schur
- Aira capillaris var. pumila Herder
- Aira corsica Jord.
- Aira elegans subsp. ambigua (Asch.) Holub
- Aira elegans subsp. notarisiana (Steud.) Soják
- Aira elegans var. biaristata Godr.
- Aira elegantissima Schur
- Aira elegantissima subsp. ambigua (Asch.) Dogan
- Aira elegantissima subsp. hosteana Holub
- Aira notarisiana Steud.
- Aira saxatilis Salzm. ex Trin.
- Aira sicula Tod.
- Airella capillaris (Mutel) Dumort.
- Airopsis capillaris Schur
- Airopsis capillaris var. divaricataelegantissima Schur
- Airopsis elegans (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Fr. & D.Müll.
- Airopsis setacea (Retz.) Fries
- Aspris capillaris (Mutel) Hitchc.
- Avena capillaris Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
- Avena capillaris var. ambigua Nyman
- Avena capillaris var. corsica Nyman
- Avena capillaris var. elegantissima (Schur) Nyman
- Fussia capillaris var. elegantissima (Schur) Schur
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.