Aristida californica

Aristida californica

Taxobox
name = "Aristida californica"


regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Cyperales
familia = Poaceae
subfamilia = Arundinoideae
genus = "Aristida"
species = "A. californica"
binomial = "Aristida californica"
binomial_authority = Thurb. ex S.Wats.
synonyms =

"Aristida californica" is a species of grass known by the common names California threeawn and Mojave threeawn. It is native to the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of northern Mexico and California and Arizona. It is a clumpy, hairy grass forming bushy tufts up to about 40 centimeters tall in its sandy habitat. The inflorescence contains hard spikelets with a long beak at the tip and awns up to 4.5 centimeters long.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8812,0,8814 Jepson Manual Treatment: var. "californica"]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARCA9 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Aristida_californica&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]


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