Aira cupaniana Guss.

Spice In the field

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Aira

Catalan common name: Nebulosa.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Therophytic silicolous fields. Therophytics communities.

Characteristics: Very delicate, fine and, we could say, practically transparent Gramene. The spikes are supported by thread-like stalks, forming a very slack panicle. Aira cupaniana lives in meadows of annual plants in soil without carbonates.