Aira praecox

#152 They called me Aira praecox, also known as Aira gmelinii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Johann Georg Gmelin, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, or Carl Christian Gmelin. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Azores, Baltic States, Belgium, Canary Is., Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Madeira, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.