Poaceae
Three-awn grass
Stipagrostis pungens
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Stipagrostis
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Common names
By language (4)
- Catalan
- Drinn
- Dutch
- Drinn
- English
- Three-awn grass
- Persian
- سبط نیشدار
Synonyms
- Aristida pungens Desf.
- Aristida pungens var. pubescens Henrard
- Aristida pungens var. transiens Maire
- Arthratherum pungens (Desf.) P.Beauv.
- Stipagrostis pungens subsp. pubescens (Henrard) H.Scholz
- Stipagrostis pungens subsp. pungens
- Stipagrostis pungens subsp. transiens (Maire) H.Scholz
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
Photo: A. Chema, A. Gaouar, A. Semadi, & B. Faye, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Three-awn grass: Stipagrostis pungens (Desf.) De Winter[Dét. : Liliane ROUBAUDI] Localisation Tunisie](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Stipagrostis_pungens_000_239_968_O.jpg/500px-Stipagrostis_pungens_000_239_968_O.jpg)
Photo: Liliane ROUBAUDI, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: A. Chema, A. Gaouar, A. Semadi, & B. Faye, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Three-awn grass: Stipagrostis pungens (Desf.) De Winter[Dét. : Liliane ROUBAUDI] Localisation Tunisie](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Stipagrostis_pungens_000_239_968_O.jpg)
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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.