Poaceae
Yellow hairgrass
Aira praecox
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Aira
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Common names
By language (14)
- arz
- آيرا برايكوكس
- Czech
- Ovsíček časný
- Dutch
- Vroege haver
- English
- Yellow hairgrass, Early hair grass, Early hair-grass
- Finnish
- Kääpiölauhio, Kääpiölauha
- French
- Canche printanière, Canche précoce
- German
- Frühe Haferschmiele, Früühe Haferschmiele
- hsb
- Chuda šmička
- Latvian
- Agrā aira
- Lithuanian
- Ankstyvoji smilgenė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dvergsmyle
- Polish
- Śmiałka wczesna
- Swedish
- Vårtåtel
- Welsh
- Brigwellt y gwanwyn
Synonyms
- Agrostis praecox (L.) Salisb.
- Aira canescens var. praecox (L.) Vill.
- Aira gmelinii Honck.
- Aira pusilla Schur
- Aira subspicata Rainv.
- Airella praecox (L.) Dumort.
- Airopsis praecox (L.) Fr.
- Aspris praecox (L.) Nash
- Avena caryophyllea unranked praecox (L.) Kuntze
- Avena loefflingiana M.Geuns ex Roem. & Schult.
- Avena nana Kunze ex Steud.
- Avena praecox (L.) P.Beauv.
- Avena pusilla Weber
- Caryophyllea praecox (L.) Opiz
- Fussia praecox (L.) Schur
- Salmasia praecox (L.) Bubani
- Trisetum praecox (L.) Dumort.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Kenraiz , Krzysztof Ziarnek, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.