Aristida oligantha
| Aristida oligantha | |
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| 1950 illustration[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arundinoideae |
| Genus: | Aristida |
| Species: | A. oligantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Aristida oligantha Michx. | |
Aristida oligantha is a species of grass known by the common names prairie threeawn and oldfield threeawn.
It is native to the United States and southern Canada, and it is known from northern Mexico. It is a grass of many types of habitat, and it grows easily in dry areas with sandy or gravelly soils. It appears in disturbed and burned areas and is sometimes a weed of roadsides and railroads.
This is an annual forming clumps of branching gray-green and purple-tinted stems about 30 to 70 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is an open array of spikelets. The grain has three spreading awns, the central one reaching up to 7 centimeters long and the other two slightly shorter.
References
- ↑ Illustration of Aristida oligantha from Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- Grass Manual Treatment
- Illinois Wildflowers
- Photo gallery
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