Aristida adscensionis
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Aristida adscensionis is a species of grass known by the common name sixweeks threeawn.[1] It is native to the Americas but it is distributed nearly worldwide. It grows easily in disturbed and waste areas and has potential to become a weed.[2]
Description
This annual bunchgrass is quite variable in appearance, its size and shape determined largely by environmental conditions. It grows in a tuft to heights between 5 and 80 centimeters. It forms a narrow inflorescence of spikelets, each fruit with three awns.
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- Aristida
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Native grasses of California
- Flora of the California desert regions
- North American desert flora
- Grasses of the United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Plants described in 1753
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status