PLANTS Profile for Aristida ternipes (spidergrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Aristida ternipes Cav.
spidergrass

Symbol:

ARTE3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Aristida ternipes Cav.

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Distribution:
Aristida ternipes Cav.


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USA (AZ, CA, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Aristida ternipes Cav.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 38 species in Aristida or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Aristida ternipes var. gentilis
spidergrass

Aristida ternipes var. ternipes
spidergrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Aristida ternipes Cav.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Aristida L. – threeawn
Species	Aristida ternipes Cav. – spidergrass

More Accounts and Images:
Aristida ternipes Cav.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41435.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 11/04/2008 08:32 AM MST