Characteristics
Monocots
Aristida longespica Poir. var. geniculata (Raf.)Fernald
RED THREEAWN
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Cerros-Tlatilpa et al. (2011) found this variety to be more related to A. dichotoma var. curtissii than A. longespica var. longespica.
Native
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Citation
ARISTIDA LONGESPICA Poiret, var. GENICULATA (Rafinesque) Fernald, Rhodora 35: 318. 1933.
Aristida geniculata Rafinesque 1817.
NEW YORK: Nassau Co.[?]: "on the Hempstead plains, and on the seashore near Oyster Bay, Gravesend, etc., on Long Island", s.d., Rafinesque s.n. (lectotype: G; isotype: CHARL). Lectotypified by Merrill, Circ. Div. Agrostol., U.S.D.A.. 29: 10. 1901.
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