Poaceae
Prairie threeawn
Aristida oligantha
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Aristida
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Prairie threeawn
Synonyms
- Aristida macrochaeta Steud.
- Aristida micropoda Trin. & Rupr.
- Aristida oligantha var. nervata Beal
- Aristida pallens Nutt.
- Aristida pauciflora Buckley
- Chaetaria oligantha (Michx.) P.Beauv.
- Chaetaria olygantha (Michx.) P.Beauv.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Casey Harless, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sean Rigney, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brandon Wheeler, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Texas Bird Family, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bryan Connolly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sonoresmore, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Sorrells, 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, 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.