Poaceae
Hawaii alpine hairgrass
Deschampsia nubigena
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Deschampsia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hawaii alpine hairgrass, Alpine hairgrass
Synonyms
- Aira australis Steud.
- Aira hawaiiensis Skottsb.
- Aira hawaiiensis f. depauperata Skottsb.
- Aira hawaiiensis f. haleakalensis Skottsb.
- Aira nubigena (Hillebr.) Hitchc.
- Aira pallida Skottsb.
- Aira pallida var. tenuissima Skottsb.
- Deschampsia australis Hillebr.
- Deschampsia australis f. haleakalensis (Skottsb.) Skottsb.
- Deschampsia australis subsp. nubigena (Hillebr.) Skottsb.
- Deschampsia australis var. gracilis Skottsb.
- Deschampsia australis var. tenuissima (Skottsb.) Skottsb.
- Deschampsia hawaiiensis (Skottsb.) H.St.John
- Deschampsia hawaiiensis f. depauperata (Skottsb.) H.St.John
- Deschampsia hawaiiensis f. haleakalensis (Skottsb.) H.St.John
- Deschampsia pallens Hillebr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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.