Citation: Rouy, Fl. France 14:102 (1913).

Synonymy: Aira minuta L., Sp. Pl. 64 (1753); Molineria minuta (L.) Parl., Fl. Ital. 1:237 (1850); Periballia minula (L.) Asch. & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2:298 (1899). , Periballia minuta

Common name: Hair-grass, small hair-grass.

Description:
Erect, 3-10 cm high, with slender stems and short linear leaves.

Panicle small, 1-3 cm long, loose, with capillary spreading branches; spikelets ovoid, coloured, shining, distant; glumes green and purplish, c. 1.5 mm long, a little shorter than the florets, the upper florets shortly stalked; lemmas truncate-denticulate, awnless.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to the Mediterranean. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Aug. — Oct.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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