Poaceae
Spidergrass
Aristida ternipes
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Aristida
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Spidergrass
Synonyms
- Aristida divergens Vasey
- Aristida scabra (Kunth) Kunth
- Aristida schiediana var. minor Vasey
- Aristida tenuis (Kunth) Kunth
- Aristida ternipes var. divergens (Vasey) Hitchc.
- Aristida ternipes var. minor (Vasey) Hitchc.
- Aristida ternipes var. ternipes
- Muhlenbergia scabra (Kunth) Trin. & Rupr.
- Muhlenbergia tenuis (Kunth) Trin. & Rupr.
- Ortachne scabra (Kunth) E.Fourn.
- Ortachne tenuis (Kunth) E.Fourn.
- Stipa tenuis Willd. ex Steud.
- Streptachne cubensis A.Rich.
- Streptachne scabra Kunth
- Streptachne tenuis Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.