Aristida L.

Lemma with 3 awns or awn 3-branched Aristida

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Column absent

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Margins of lemma involute, producing a longitudinal furrow on the inner surface

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Panicle spike-like

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Lateral awns shorter than the central one by up to 2 mm. Panicle 4–27 cm long. Compact tufted perennials up to 1 m high. Culms simple or sometimes branched at the base.

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Furrow of the lemma without tubercles. Widespread. DSF and heath. Fl. summer Aristida jerichoensisjerichoensis

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Furrow of the lemma with tubercles. Coast; Hornsby Plateau. Fl. summer Aristida jerichoensis subspinulifera