Poaceae
Poverty threeawn
Aristida divaricata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Aristida
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Poverty threeawn
Synonyms
- Andropogon divaricatus Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Aristida humboldtiana Trin. & Rupr.
- Aristida jacquiniana Tausch
- Aristida jacquiniana var. durandii Trin. & Rupr.
- Aristida lemmonii Scribn.
- Aristida palmeri Vasey
- Chaetaria divaricata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) P.Beauv.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Carlos Martorell, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Martorell, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.