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|accepted_name=Aristida condensata
|accepted_authority=Chapm.
|publications=
|common_names=Big threeawn
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Aristidoideae;Poaceae tribe Aristideae;Aristida;Aristida condensata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Aristidoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Aristideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Aristida]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Aristida condensata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 340
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>perennial;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="base shape;base architecture">bases knotty, bleached, not rhizomatous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm height;culm thickness;culm orientation;culm architecture"><b>Culms </b>70-150 cm tall, 3-6 mm thick at the base, erect, rarely branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>mostly cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sheath length or size;sheath condition;sheath pubescence;sheath pubescence;sheath pubescence">sheaths usually longer than the internodes, remaining intact at maturity, glabrous or appressed pilose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="collar pubescence;collar pubescence">collars glabrous or pilose at the sides;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="ligule some measurement">ligules less than 0.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="blade length;blade length;blade width;blade prominence or shape;blade shape or vernation;blade course;blade architecture or arrangement;blade pubescence;blade coloration;blade condition;blade condition;blade condition">blades (10) 15-30 cm long, 1.5-3 mm wide, flat at the base, involute toward the apex, straight to somewhat lax at maturity, glabrous abaxially, yellowish-green when fresh, drying stramineous or darker.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence length;inflorescence length;inflorescence width"><b>Inflorescences </b>paniculate, (15) 20-55 cm long, 2-4 cm wide;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="node pubescence;node pubescence;hair height or length or size;hair course">nodes glabrous or with short, straight hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="primary branch atypical some measurement;primary branch some measurement;primary branch orientation;primary branch architecture;spikelet quantity;spikelet arrangement">primary branches (4) 5-20 cm, appressed to narrowly ascending, without axillary pulvini, naked below, with 5-15 overlapping spikelets distally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="glume atypical some measurement;glume some measurement;glume architecture;glume shape;awn some measurement;awn coloration"><b>Glumes </b>6-10 (12) mm, 1-veined, 1-keeled, awns less than 4 mm, brownish;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="lower glume quantity;upper glume some measurement;upper glume length or size;upper glume some measurement;upper glume length or size">lower glumes from 3/4 as long as to 1 mm longer than the upper glumes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="callus some measurement">calluses 1-2 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="lemma some measurement;lemma coloration;apex architecture;awn prominence">lemmas 5-8 mm, often reddish-mottled, apices not strongly twisted, junction with the awns not evident;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="awn width;awn arrangement;awn arrangement or shape;awn architecture;coil fusion">awns about equally thick, divergent, spirally contorted at the base but usually not with distinct coils, not disarticulating at maturity;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="central awn some measurement">central awns 10-15 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="lateral awn some measurement">lateral awns 8-13 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="anther quantity;anther some measurement">anthers 3, about 2 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties=""><b>Caryopses </b>4-5 mm, chestnut-colored.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="caryopsis some measurement;caryopsis coloration">2n = unknown.</span><!--

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|distribution=Ga.;N.C.;Ala.;S.C.;Miss.;Fla.
|discussion=<p>Aristida condensata grows on sandy hills, and in pine and oak barrens in the southeastern United States.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Aristida condensata
|authority=Chapm.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Andy Sudkamp
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Ga.;N.C.;Ala.;S.C.;Miss.;Fla.
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V25/V25_1030.xml
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Aristidoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Aristideae
|genus=Aristida
|species=Aristida condensata
|anther quantity=3
|anther some measurement=2
|apex architecture=twisted
|awn architecture=not disarticulating
|awn arrangement=divergent
|awn arrangement or shape=contorted
|awn coloration=brownish
|awn prominence=not evident
|awn some measurement=0mm;4mm
|awn width=thick
|base architecture=not rhizomatous
|base shape=knotty
|blade architecture or arrangement=lax
|blade coloration=yellowish-green
|blade condition=darker;stramineous;drying
|blade course=straight
|blade length=15cm;30cm
|blade prominence or shape=flat
|blade pubescence=glabrous
|blade shape or vernation=involute
|blade width=1.5mm;3mm
|callus some measurement=1mm;2mm
|caryopsis coloration=chestnut-colored
|caryopsis some measurement=4mm;5mm
|central awn some measurement=10mm;15mm
|coil fusion=distinct
|collar pubescence=pilose;glabrous
|culm architecture=branched
|culm height=70cm;150cm
|culm orientation=erect
|culm thickness=3mm;6mm
|glume architecture=1-veined
|glume atypical some measurement=12
|glume shape=1-keeled
|glume some measurement=6mm;10mm
|hair course=straight
|hair height or length or size=short
|inflorescence arrangement=paniculate
|inflorescence length=20cm;55cm
|inflorescence width=2cm;4cm
|lateral awn some measurement=8mm;13mm
|leaf position=cauline
|lemma coloration=reddish-mottled
|lemma some measurement=5mm;8mm
|ligule some measurement=0mm;0.5mm
|lower glume quantity=3/4
|node pubescence=with short , straight hairs;glabrous
|primary branch architecture=naked
|primary branch atypical some measurement=4
|primary branch orientation=appressed;narrowly ascending
|primary branch some measurement=5cm;20cm
|sheath condition=intact
|sheath length or size=usually longer
|sheath pubescence=pilose;appressed;glabrous
|spikelet arrangement=overlapping
|spikelet quantity=5;15
|upper glume length or size=longer;longer
|upper glume some measurement=0mm;1mm
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=plant
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