Aristida oligantha Michaux. Common name: Prairie Three-awn. Phenology: May-Nov. Habitat: Rock outcrops in thin soil, roadsides, fields, disturbed areas. Distribution: VT west to e. WY, south to FL, TX, and n. Mexico; distribution in w. North America is probably adventive.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA25, G, HC, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Allred (1986). Basionym: Aristida oligantha Michx. 1803
Links to other floras: = Aristida oligantha - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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