Poaceae
Tassel three-awn
Aristida congesta
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Aristida
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Aapstertsteekgras, Katstertsteekgras
- English
- Tassel three-awn
Synonyms
- Aristida alopecuroides Hack.
- Aristida congesta subsp. congesta
- Aristida congesta var. megalostachya Henrard
- Aristida congesta var. pilifera Chiov.
- Aristida elytrophomides Chiov.
- Aristida elytrophoroides Chiov.
- Aristida longicauda Hack.
- Aristida rangei Pilg.
- Aristida tunetana Coss.
- Aristida tunetana var. intermedia Maire
- Chaetaria congesta (Roem. & Schult.) Nees
Photos
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: dune_ninja, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.