Aira caryophyllea

Clove Haferschmiele ( Aira caryophyllea )

The clove Haferschmiele ( Aira caryophyllea ) is a plant of the family Gramineae ( Poaceae ). Another name is Common Cloves oats.

Description

The annual plant is 5 to 20 cm, exceptionally up to 40 cm high. The leaves are green precaution. The panicles are loosely spread consist of consist of zweiblütigen spikelets. The Rückengranne the lemmas 2 and 3 mm long.

The clove Haferschmiele blooms in June and July.

Occurrence

The natural occurrence of the species is restricted to the western and central parts of Europe and the northern Mediterranean. It was brought to North America, among others.

The clove Haferschmiele settled mostly rocky corridors, acidophilous grasslands and waste places and wastelands on sandy sites.

System

In Germany, two subspecies are distinguished:

• Aira caryophyllea subsp. caryophyllea
• Aira caryophyllea subsp. plesiantha ( Jord. ) ​​K.Richt. (Syn. Aira caryophyllea subsp. Multiculmis ( Dumort. ) Bonnier & Layens ) was from a locality in Baden- Württemberg known, is considered extinct in Germany.

Trivial names

Another German -language common names are also the following names were respectively used: Small eyebright grass, Nägleingras, Nägleinschmelen, cloves grass, cogon grass and silver.