Aristida divaricata

Aristida divaricata

Taxobox
name = "Aristida divaricata"


regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Cyperales
familia = Poaceae
subfamilia = Arundinoideae
genus = "Aristida"
species = "A. divaricata"
binomial = "Aristida divaricata"
binomial_authority = Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

"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.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8812,8815 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARDI5 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Aristida_divaricata&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
* [http://www.wnmu.edu/academic/nspages2/gilaflora/aristida_divaricata.html Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness]


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