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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aristida condensata   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristida condensata   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Aristida condensata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-38-011:

Aristida condensata   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Aristida condensata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aristida condensata

 

COMMON NAME:
Big Three-awn


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image of Aristida condensata, Big Three-awn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_arco7_001_lvd

        

image of Aristida condensata, Big Three-awn

Keith Bradley    kab_a_condensata_7995

October    Richland County    SC

Sesquicentennial State Park

Panicle narrow, as much as 30cm long, the branches closely flowered, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Aristida condensata, Big Three-awn

Keith Bradley    kab_a_condensata_2784

November    Miami-Dade County    FL

Culms rather robust, a meter or more tall, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Aristida condensata, Big Three-awn

Keith Bradley    kab_a_condensata_2784_2

November    Miami-Dade County    FL

Awns equal, divergent, 10-15mm long, the base more or less contorted, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aristida condensata   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristida condensata   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Aristida condensata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-38-011:
Aristida condensata   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Aristida condensata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristida condensata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3855

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry sandy soils of longleaf pine sandhills, sandy pine rocklands of s. FL, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Panicle greenish

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain olive
Grain

 

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