Aira L.

• Authority

  Hitchcock, Albert S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-xx, 291-556.

• Family

  Poaceae

• Scientific Name

  Aira L.

• Description

  Description - Spikelets 2-flowered, the rachilla prolonged behind the upper floret ; glumes equal; lemmas thin, truncate, 2 to 4-tootned or lobed, bearing a slender awn from or below the middle.