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Aristida divaricata

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Genus
  
Higher classification
  
Aristida

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Subfamily
  
Arundinoideae

Scientific name
  
Aristida divaricata

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Species


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Aristida, Grasses, Aristida oligantha, Aristida purpurascens, Aristida chaseae

Aristida divaricata is a species of grass known by the common name poverty threeawn. It is native to the Americas from the central United States to Guatemala. It is a perennial grass forming clumps of unbranched stems up to 70 centimeters tall. Leaves are mostly basal and roll along the edges. The sparse inflorescence is a wide, flat, open array of spikelets that break apart easily. The grain has a twisted tip and three awns up to 2 centimeters long.

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Aristida divaricata Wikipedia


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