Aira

Plant Characteristics
Habit		grass
Lifespan:	⌛	annual

Cultivation

Scientific Names
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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Aira in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Aira (an ancient Greek name for Darnel). Gramíneaa. Hair-grass. Annual grasses with delicate culms and open capillary panicles. Spikelets 2-fld. one both fls. awned from the middle of the back; palea nearly as long as the lemma.—Species 6, natives of the Medit. region, intro. in the Atlantic states and on the Pacific coast. Cult. for dry bouquets. The species have been confused by florists with Agrostis (as Agroslis elegans) from which genus they may be distinguished by their 2-fld. spikelets. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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