Description ²

A relative of purple three-awn and sharing many characteristics, including the awned seeds. But the inflorescence is stiff and branches at right angles from the stem. It is not as common as its cousin, and is often found growing with it. It reaches about 75 cm in height. Leaves are short and narrow, 20 cm long and 1 to 2 mm wide, and are often rolled or folded. Good examples can be seen along Brown's Ranch trail north of the power line.

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1. (c) Steve Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steve Jones
2. (c) Steve Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Calflora
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• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online

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