Aristida

Accepted species 306 Documented here 46 Family Poaceae

Accepted species 306 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Aristida purpurea Nutt. 352 documented
Aristida adscensionis L. 193 documented
Aristida spiciformis Elliott 107 documented
Aristida purpurascens Poir. 103 documented
Aristida tuberculosa Nutt. 81 documented
Aristida oligantha Michx. 80 documented
Aristida beyrichiana Trin. & Rupr. 64 documented
Aristida vagans Cav. 57 documented
Aristida junciformis Trin. & Rupr. 44 documented
Aristida palustris (Chapm.) Vasey 44 documented
Aristida divaricata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. 37 documented
Aristida patula Chapm. ex Nash 37 documented
Aristida stricta Michx. 37 documented
Aristida arizonica Vasey 31 documented
Aristida condensata Chapm. 26 documented
Aristida diffusa Trin. 22 documented
Aristida desmantha Trin. & Rupr. 20 documented
Aristida congesta Roem. & Schult. 19 documented
Aristida contorta F.Muell. 18 documented
Aristida holathera Domin 18 documented
Aristida ternipes Cav. 17 documented
Aristida longespica Poir. 16 documented
Aristida lanosa Muhl. ex Elliott 15 documented
Aristida lanosa Muhl. 15 documented
Aristida virgata Trin. 15 documented
Aristida mendocina Phil. 13 documented
Aristida gyrans Chapm. 12 documented
Aristida behriana F.Muell. 11 documented
Aristida caput-medusae Domin 11 documented
Aristida meridionalis Henrard 10 documented
Aristida nitidula (Henrard) S.T.Blake 9 documented
Aristida pansa Wooton & Standl. 9 documented
Aristida setacea Retz. 8 documented
Aristida rufescens Steud. 7 documented
Aristida basiramea Vasey 6 documented
Aristida hygrometrica R.Br. 6 documented
Aristida havardii Vasey 5 documented
Aristida rhizomophora Swallen 5 documented
Aristida schiedeana Trin. & Rupr. 5 documented
Aristida lignosa B.K.Simon 4 documented
Aristida simpliciflora Chapm. 4 documented
Aristida tenuifolia Hitchc. 4 documented
Aristida funiculata Trin. & Rupr. 3 documented
Aristida mohrii Nash 3 documented
Aristida murina Cav. 3 documented
Aristida ramosa R.Br. 3 documented
Aristida anthoxanthoides (Domin) Henrard 2 below the evidence gate
Aristida inaequiglumis Domin 2 below the evidence gate
Aristida latifolia Domin 2 below the evidence gate
Aristida similis Steud. 2 below the evidence gate
Aristida dichotoma Michx. 1 below the evidence gate
Aristida tenuissima A.Camus 1 below the evidence gate
Aristida abnormis Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida achalensis Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida acuta S.T.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida adoensis Hochst. ex A.Rich. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida adoensis Hochst. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida aemulans Melderis 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida aequiglumis Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida alpina L.Liu 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida amazonensis Longhi-Wagner 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida ambongensis A.Camus 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida amplexifolia E.A.Sánchez 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida anaclasta Cope 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida anisochaeta Clayton 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida annamensis Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida annua B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida antoniana Steud. ex Döll 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida appressa Vasey 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida arabica (Trin. & Rupr.) Trin. & Rupr. ex Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida arida B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida arubensis Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida asplundii Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida australis B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida balansae Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida barbicollis Trin. & Rupr. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida batangensis Z.X.Tang & H.X.Liu 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida benthamii Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida biglandulosa J.M.Black 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida bipartita (Nees) Trin. & Rupr. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida bissei Catasús 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida blakei B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida boninensis Ohwi & Tuyama 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida brainii Melderis 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida brasiliensis Longhi-Wagner 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida brevissima L.Liu 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida brittonorum Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida burbidgeae B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida burraensis B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida calcicola Hitchc. & Ekman 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida californica Thurb. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida calycina R.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida capillacea Lam. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida capillifolia Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida chapadensis Trin. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida chaseae Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida chiclayensis Tovar 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida chinensis Munro 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida circinalis Lindm. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida cognata Trin. & Rupr. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida condylifolia Caro 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida constricta Longhi-Wagner 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida correlliae P.M.McKenzie, Urbatsch & Proctor 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida culionensis Pilger ex Perkins 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida cumingiana Trin. & Rupr. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida curtifolia Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida curtissii (A.Gray) Nash 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida curvifolia E.Fourn. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida cyanantha Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida dasydesmis Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida decaryana A.Camus 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida denudata Pilg. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida dewinteri Giess 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida diego-santiagoi Gut.Peralta & R.Castañeda 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida diminuta (Mez) C.E.Hubb. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida divulsa Andersson 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida dominii B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida echinata Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida echinulata Roseng. & Izag. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida ecuadoriensis Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida ekmaniana Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida elliptica (Nees) Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida eludens Allred & Valdés-Reyna 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida engleri Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida erecta Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida exserta S.T.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida fendleriana Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida ferrilateris S.M.Phillips 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida filifolia (Arechav.) Herter 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida flabellata Caro 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida flaccida Trin. & Rupr. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida floridana (Chapm.) Vasey 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida forsteri B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida fragilis Hitchc. & Ekman 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida fredscholzii H.Scholz & Kürschner 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida friesii Hack. ex Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida geminiflora E.Fourn. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida gibbosa (Nees) Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida glabrata (Vasey) Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida glauca (Nees) Walp. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida glaziovii Hack. ex Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida gracilipes (Domin) Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida granitica B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida guayllabambensis Laegaard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida gypsophila Beetle 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida hackelii Arechav. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida hamulosa Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida hassleri Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida helicophylla S.T.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida helleriana M.Marchi, Muj.-Sall. & R.L.Barbieri 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida hintonii Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida hispidula Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida hitchcockiana Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida hordeacea Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida hubbardiana Schweick. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida humbertii Bourreil 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida humidicola S.M.Phillips 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida hystricula Edgew. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida hystrix L.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida ingrata Domin 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida jacobsiana B.K.Simon & Cowie 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida jaliscana R.Guzmán & V.Jaram. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida jaucense Catasús 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida jaucensis Catasús 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida jerichoensis (Domin) Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida jorullensis Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida jubata (Arechav.) Herter 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida kelleri Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida kenyensis Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida kerstingii Pilg. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida kimberleyensis B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida kunthiana Trin. & Rupr. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida laevigata Hitchc. & Ekman 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida laevis (Nees) Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida lanigera Longhi-Wagner 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida latzii B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida laxa Cav. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida lazaridis B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida leichhardtiana Domin 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida leptopoda Benth. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida leptura Cope 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida leucophaea Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida liebmannii E.Fourn. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida lisowskii Richel 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida longicollis (Domin) Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida longifolia Trin. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida longiseta Steud. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida longispica Poir. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida macrantha Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida macroclada Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida macrophylla Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida mandoniana Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida megapotamica Spreng. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida meraukensis Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida mexicana Scribn. ex Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida migiurtina Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida minutiflora Caro 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida mollissima Pilg. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida monticola Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida moritzii Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida multiramea Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida muricata Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida mutabilis Trin. & Rupr. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida neglecta León ex Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida nemorivaga Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida nicorae Sulekic 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida niederleinii Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida novae-caledoniae Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida obscura Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida oligospira (Hack.) Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida pallens Cav. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida paoliana (Chiov.) Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida papuana Veldkamp 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida parodii Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida parvula (Nees) De Winter 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida pedroensis Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida pendula Longhi-Wagner 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida pennei Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida perniciosa Domin 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida personata Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida petersonii Allred & Valdés-Reyna 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida pilgeri Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida pilosa Labill. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida pinifolia Catasús 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida pittieri Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida platychaeta S.T.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida polyclados Domin 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida portoricensis Pilg. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida pradana León 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida protensa Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida pruinosa Domin 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida psammophila Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida pseudochiclayensis Gut.Peralta & R.Castañeda 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida pubescens E.A.Sánchez 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida purpusiana Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida pycnostachya Cope 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida queenslandica Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida ramosissima Engelm. ex A.Gray 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida rauliolii Maire 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida recta Franch. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida recurvata Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida redacta Stapf 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida refracta Griseb. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida repens Trin. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida rhiniochloa Hochst. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida riograndensis B.M.A.Severo & I.I.Boldrini 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida riparia Trin. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida rosei Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida sanctae-luciae Trin. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida sandinensis Catasús 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida sayapensis Caro 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida scabrescens L.Liu 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida scabrivalvis Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida schebehliensis Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida schultzii Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida sciuroides Domin 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida sciurus Stapf 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida scribneriana Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida setifolia Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida sieberiana Trin. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida somalensis Stapf 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida spanospicula Allred & Valdés-Reyna & Sánchez-Ken 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida spectabilis Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida spegazzinii Arechav. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida spuria Domin 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida stenophylla Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida stenostachya Clayton 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida stipitata Hack. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida stipoides Lam. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida stocksii (Hook.f.) Domin 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida strigosa (Henrard) S.T.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida subaequans Döll 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida subspicata Trin. & Rupr. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida subulata Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida superpendens Domin 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida suringarii Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida surperuanensis Gut.Peralta & P.M.Peterson 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida takeoi Ohwi 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida tarapotana Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida tenuiseta Cope 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida teretifolia Arechav. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida thompsonii B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida torta (Nees) Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida tovariana Gut.Peralta 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida trachyantha Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida transvaalensis Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida tricornis H.Scholz & P.König 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida triseta Keng 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida triticoides Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida tsangpoensis L.Liu 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida tuitensis Sánchez-Ken & Dávila 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida uruguayensis Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida utilis F.M.Bailey 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida vaginata Hitchc. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida valida Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida venesuelae Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida venustula Arechav. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida vestita Thunb. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida vexativa Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida vickeryae B.K.Simon 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida victoriana Sulekic 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida vilfifolia Henrard 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida villosa B.L.Rob. & Greenm. 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida warburgii Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida wildii Melderis 0 below the evidence gate
Aristida wrightii Nash 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.