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Last updated 11/23/2023 by David Giblin.
Anthoxanthum aristatum Boiss. ssp. aristatum[FNA24, HC2]
small sweet vernal grass

Publication: Fl. Centre France 2: 576. 1849.

Origin: Introduced from Europe

selected vouchers: WTU

Notes: FNA24: "Anthoxanthum aristatum is native to Europe. It is now established but not common in the Flora region, being found in mesic to dry, open, disturbed habitats of western and eastern North America. North American plants belong to Anthoxanthum aristatum Boiss. subsp. aristatum, which differs from Anthoxanthum aristatum subsp. macranthum Valdes in having well-exserted awns and deeply bifid, sterile lemmas."

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