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Aristida californica var. californica
Photo is of parent taxon

California threeawn
Lower glumes

6-10 mm;

upper glumes 11-13 mm;

awns forming a 7-26 mm column, free portions 25-50 mm.
Cauline

internodes puberulent to nearly lanose.

Aristida californica var. californica
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Aristida californica var. californica grows in dry, sandy plains, dunes, and flats of the Sonoran and Mojave deserts at elevations of 0-700 m.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 25, p. 321.
Parent taxa Poaceae > subfam. Aristidoideae > tribe Aristideae > Aristida > Aristida californica
Sibling taxa
A. californica var. glabrata
Name authority unknown
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