Poaceae
Woollysheath threeawn
Aristida lanosa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Aristida
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Woollysheath threeawn
Synonyms
- Aristida gossypina Bosc ex Roem. & Schult.
- Aristida lanata Poir.
- Aristida lanosa var. lanosa
- Aristida lanosa var. macera Fernald & Griscom
- Aristida lanuginosa Bosc ex Trin.
- Chaetaria gossypina Roem. & Schult.
- Moulinsia lanosa Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Kees, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Kees, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tyler Radtke, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.