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Aristida capillacea

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
Mexico to S. Trop. America
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Aristida capillacea is a species of plant in the grass family (Poaceae). It is found in South America.

Note: Aristida capillacea Cav. is a synonym for Aristida cumingiana Trin. & Rupr.

Other Aristida plants

Aristida acuta · Sixweeks threeawn · Aristida anaclasta · Aristida arida · Forked threeawn · Brush Spear Grass · Bentham's Aristida · California threeawn · Dark Wire Grass · Chase's threeawn · Spreading Prickle Grass · Bunch kerosene grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aristida capillacea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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