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Lemma with 3 awns or awn 3-branched Aristida

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

Inflorescence a much branched panicle 20–30 cm long. Lemma 5–6 mm long; awns 8–10 mm long. Tufted perennials up to 80 cm high. Widespread. Sandy soils. Fl. summer Aristida benthamiispinulifera