Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 65 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Europae australioris arenosis innundatis."

Salisbury, R.A. (1796), Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton Vigentium: 24 [basionym]

basionym of: Agrostis praecox (L.) Salisb. legitimate

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812), Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie: 89 [basionym]

basionym of: Avena praecox (L.) P.Beauv. legitimate

Dumortier, B.C.J. (1824), Observations sur les Graminees de la Flore Belgique: 122 [basionym]

basionym of: Trisetum praecox (L.) Dumont legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(64): 137 [secondary reference]

Turner, F. (1890), A Census of the Grasses of New South Wales, together with a popular description of each species: 48 [secondary reference]

common name: Early hair grass [n/a]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 539 [secondary reference]

common name: Early Hair Grass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 36 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 30 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Aira. Flora of New South Wales 4: 594 [secondary reference]

common name: Early Hairgrass [n/a]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 246, Fig. 80C [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Agrostis praecox (L.) Salisb. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Avena praecox (L.) P.Beauv. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Trisetum praecox (L.) Dumont legitimate

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 460 [secondary reference]

common name: Early Hair-grass [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 396 [secondary reference]

common name: Early Hairgrass [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 113 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Early Hairgrass [n/a]

Weiller, C.M., Kodela, P.G. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Aira. Flora of Australia 44A: 262 APC [secondary reference]

common name: Early Hairgrass [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 368-369, photos 12-14 [secondary reference]

common name: Early Hairgrass [n/a]

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