Trisetum
Sign in to saveTrisetum is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread in temperate, subarctic, and alpine habitats in much of the world. Oatgrass is a common name for plants in this genus.
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Mediterranean Hair-grass
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Argentina South, Austria, Azores, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile North
Observations3,597
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Trisetum is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread in temperate, subarctic, and alpine habitats in much of the world. Oatgrass is a common name for plants in this genus.
==Species== Trisetum formerly included over 70 species. Over the past decade the genus has been split into smaller genera (including Graciliotrisetum and Sibirotrisetum) and some species placed in other genera. Plants of the World Online currently accepts eight species. Trisetum bertolonii – Italy (Apennines) Trisetum caudulatum – Juan Fernández Islands, Chile, and southern Argentina Trisetum clarkei – Afghanistan, Himalayas, Xinjiang, and western and central China Trisetum debile – China (northwestern Yunnan) Trisetum flavescens – Europe, Azores, northwestern Africa, and western Asia Trisetum glomeratum – Hawaiian Islands Trisetum macbridei – central Peru Trisetum yunnanense – China (Yunnan)