See other conspecific taxa:

• Aira caryophyllea subsp. caryophyllea (0 accessions)
• Aira caryophyllea subsp. multiculmis (0 accessions)

Common names:

• silver hair grass  (Source: F GB Ire) - English
• silvery hair grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• silver hair grass  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• aira caryophyllée  (Source: L Noms French ed6) - French
• canche caryophyllée  (Source: L Noms French ed6) - French
• canche caryophyllée  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• Nelken-Haferschmiele  (Source: Zander ed16) - German
• vittåtel  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage; forage
• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal, [Madeira Islands] Spain [Canarias]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
• SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Ireland, Sweden (doubtfully native), United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain


Naturalized

Africa

• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho (natzd.?), South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal (natzd.?), Free State (natzd.?), Eastern Cape (natzd.?), Northern Cape (natzd.?), Western Cape (natzd.?)]

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Oregon, Washington]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
• Canada, Mexico

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay


Uncertain

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2086. Accessed 6 July 2024.