Plants : PoaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Aira caryophyllea L.

Silver Hair-grass

Description: An annual species, sometimes reaching a foot in height, although usually much smaller, with a finely-branched silvery panicle and small spikelets.

Frequent in dry bare places.

All names: Aira caryophyllea L.; Aira multiculmus Dumort.; Aira armoricana Albers

Distribution Map from NBN: Aira caryophyllea at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Aira caryophyllea at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Aira caryophyllea. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2626. Accessed on 2026-11-02.