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Aira provincialis Jord.
Family Poaceae
Aira provincialis Jord. APNI*

Description: Slender annual, erect or sometimes geniculate at the base, to c. 0.5 m high; culms solitary or tufted.

Leaves with sheath scabrous; ligule acute, to 11 mm long; blade convolute, 0.3–0.5 mm wide, scabridulous.

Panicle very open and loose, almost pyramidal, 12–22 cm long; pedicels mostly 4–6 times as long as spikelets. Spikelets c. 3.5 mm long. Glumes scabridulous on the keel and margins, acute, lanceolate, 1-nerved. Lemmas 65% as long as glumes, lower floret with an awn shorter than the glumes, the upper with a shortly exserted awn, 3.5–4.5 mm long.


Flowering: spring–summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Naturalized in parkland and disturbed woodland; localized in the Blue Mtns. Native of Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *NT, *CT
AVH map***

Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & S. M. Hastings
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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