- Aristida oligantha
Taxobox
name = "Aristida oligantha"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Cyperales
familia =Poaceae
subfamilia =Arundinoideae
genus = "Aristida "
species = "A. oligantha"
binomial = "Aristida oligantha"
binomial_authority = 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.External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8812,8816 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AROL USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Aristida_oligantha&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
* [http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/grasses/plants/pr_3awn.htm Illinois Wildflowers]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Aristida+oligantha Photo gallery]
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