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|accepted_name=Aira caryophyllea
|accepted_authority=L.
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Aira;Aira caryophyllea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Poeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aira]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Aira caryophyllea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 615
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual; tufted. <b>Culms</b> 4.5-55 cm, erect. <b>Sheaths</b> scabridulous, occasionally smooth; ligules 1.2-8 mm, abaxial surfaces scabridulous, acute to subobtuse, becoming lacerate; blades 0.3-13.5 cm long, 0.3-2.5 mm wide, antrorsely scabridulous, glabrous, apices prow-tipped. <b>Panicles</b> 1.2-13.5 cm long, 1.5-10 cm wide, open; primary branches to 7.3 cm, ascending to divergent, antrorsely scabridulous, occasionally smooth; pedicels 0.9-11.3 mm, apices enlarged. <b>Spikelets</b> 1.7-3.3(3.5) mm, silvery-green to stramineous or purplish; rachillas usually not prolonged beyond the base of the distal floret, sometimes prolonged, vestigial. <b>Glumes</b> subequal to equal, 1.3-3.3(3.5) mm, scabridulous on the upper 1/2; callus hairs 0.2-0.4 mm; lemmas 1.3-2.6 mm, apices bifid, sometimes only the upper lemma awned, awns 2.1-3.9 mm, straight or geniculate; paleas 0.9-1.7 mm; anthers 0.2-0.5 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 0.9-1.5 mm long, 0.3-0.5 mm wide, abaxial surfaces grooved in the distal 1/2, adaxial surfaces grooved the entire length. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|distribution=Wash.;Del.;D.C;Conn.;Mass.;N.Y.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Wyo.;N.H.;N.J.;Tex.;La.;B.C.;N.S.;Yukon;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Calif.;Va.;Alaska;Ala.;Miss.;Ark.;Vt.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Idaho;Md.;Ohio;Mo.;Okla.;Oreg.
|discussion=<p><i>Aira caryophyllea</i> is native to Eurasia and Africa; it has become established in the Flora region, primarily on the Pacific, Gulf, and Atlantic coasts, and through much of the southeastern United States. It is usually found in disturbed areas, in vernally moist to dry, sandy to rocky, open sites, from sea level to subalpine elevations. It sometimes invades lawns or rock gardens.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Glumes subobtuse, usually denticulate, often mucronate; pedicels with abruptly thickened apices
|[[Aira caryophyllea var. cupaniana|Aira caryophyllea var. cupaniana]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Glumes acute; pedicels gradually thickening to the apices.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Pedicels usually 2-8 times as long as the spikelets; spikelets 1.7-2.5 mm long
|[[Aira caryophyllea var. capillaris|Aira caryophyllea var. capillaris]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Pedicels usually 1-2 times as long as the spikelets; spikelets 2-3.5 mm long
|[[Aira caryophyllea var. caryophyllea|Aira caryophyllea var. caryophyllea]]
|}
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name=Aira caryophyllea
|authority=L.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Wash.;Del.;D.C;Conn.;Mass.;N.Y.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Wyo.;N.H.;N.J.;Tex.;La.;B.C.;N.S.;Yukon;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Calif.;Va.;Alaska;Ala.;Miss.;Ark.;Vt.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Idaho;Md.;Ohio;Mo.;Okla.;Oreg.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae
|genus=Aira
|species=Aira caryophyllea
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