Poaceae
Wooton's three-awn grass
Aristida pansa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Aristida
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Wooton's three-awn grass, Wooton's threeawn
- Spanish
- Cadillos, Huizapol
Synonyms
- Aristida dissita I.M.Johnst.
- Aristida pansa f. contracta Allred & Valdés-Reyna
- Aristida pansa f. dissita (I.M.Johnst.) Allred & Valdés-Reyna
- Aristida pansa f. pansa
- Aristida pansa var. dissita (I.M.Johnst.) Beetle
- Aristida pansa var. pansa
- Aristida tehuacanensis J.G Sanchez-Ken & P.Davila
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Carlos Martorell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vincent Weber, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vincent Weber, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Martorell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.