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Aristida ternipes var. gentilis

Aristida ternipes var. ternipes
Photo is of parent taxon

hook three-awn, spidergrass
Photo is of parent taxon

spidergrass
Awns

subequal to unequal, ascending to spreading;

central awns 10-25(30) mm;

lateral awns (2)6-23 mm.

markedly unequal;

central awns 8-25 mm, straight to curving;

lateral awns absent or to 2 mm, erect.
2n

= 44.

= 22, 44.

Aristida ternipes var. gentilis

Aristida ternipes var. ternipes
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NM; TX
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
AZ; NM; TX
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Aristida ternipes var. gentilis grows on dry slopes and plains and along roadsides from Californica to Texas and south through Mexico to Guatemala.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Aristida ternipes var. ternipes, like var. gentilis, grows on dry slopes and plains and along roadsides, but its range is somewhat different, extending from Arizona to Texas south through Mexico and Central America to South America.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 25, p. 323. FNA vol. 25, p. 323.
Parent taxa Poaceae > subfam. Aristidoideae > tribe Aristideae > Aristida > Aristida ternipes Poaceae > subfam. Aristidoideae > tribe Aristideae > Aristida > Aristida ternipes
Sibling taxa
A. ternipes var. ternipes
A. ternipes var. gentilis
Synonyms A. ternipes var. hamulosa, A. hamulosa A. ternipes var. minor
Name authority (Henrard) Allred unknown
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