Aira praecox Calflora

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Taxon Report

Aira praecox L.

Yellow hairgrass

2018 Ken Hickman

2022 John Rawlings

2009 Zoya Akulova

2010 National Park Service

Aira praecox is an annual grasslike herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~193 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Aira
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Aspris praecox

Information about Aira praecox from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (AIPR) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).