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Aristida longiseta
Long Spike Triple Pod is a perennial bunchgrass native to western North America, usually found in rocky or sandy ground. It is a wild grassland species rather than a common garden plant, and it needs full sun and very well-drained soil.
Aristida longiseta, the red three-awn, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. Most authorities consider it a synonym of Aristida purpurea var. longiseta. It is native to western North America; western Canada, the United States west of the Mississippi, and northern Mexico. A perennial, it is typically found in rocky and sandy areas.
Aristida acuta · Sixweeks threeawn · Aristida anaclasta · Aristida arida · Forked threeawn · Brush Spear Grass · Bentham's Aristida · California threeawn · Dark Wire Grass · Aristida capillacea · Chase's threeawn · Spreading Prickle Grass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aristida longiseta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
