Aristida vagans Cav. is a plant in the Poaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Aristida vagans Cav.

Aristida vagans Cav.

Aristida vagans, threeawn speargrass, is an Australian native grass published in 1799, growing up to 80 cm tall in dry eucalyptus woodland.

Family
Genus
Aristida
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida

About Aristida vagans Cav.

Aristida vagans Cav., commonly known as threeawn speargrass, is a grass species native to Australia. It grows in dry eucalyptus woodland or forest, and can grow up to 80 centimeters (30 inches) tall. Its specific epithet vagans comes from Latin, and it means "wanderer". This plant was first collected by botanists in Sydney, and it was formally published in 1799 by Spanish taxonomist Antonio José Cavanilles.

Photo: (c) Arthur Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Arthur Chapman · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Poaceae Aristida

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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