Poaceae
Slim tridens
Tridens muticus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Tridens
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Slim tridens
- Indonesian
- Tridentopsis mutica
Synonyms
- Tricuspis elongata (Buckley) Nash
- Tridens muticus f. muticus
- Tridens muticus var. muticus
- Tridens pilosus Hitchc.
- Triodia elongata (Buckley) Scribn.
- Triodia mutica Benth. ex S.Watson
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.