Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

This is one of several NC bluestems with glaucous (chalky white or bluish white) stems and leaves. It is very similar to A. dealbatus, which has been split off in recent years. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon capillipes   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus "drylands variant"

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-007?:

Andropogon virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Andropogon capillipes

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Andropogon capillipes

COMMON NAME:
Dryland White Bluestem, Chalky Bluestem

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_anca4_001_lvd

        

JK Marlow    jkm081009_078

October    Dorchester County    SC

JK Marlow    jkm081009_080

October    Dorchester County    SC

A. capillipes, A. dealbatus & A glaucopsis have strongly chalk-white leaves, per New Combinations, Rank Changes ... in Vascular Flora of se US (Weakley et al., 2011).

JK Marlow    jkm081009_082

October    Dorchester County    SC

Leaves strongly glaucous, often nearly white with powdery wax, glabrous, per Weakley's Flora.

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmacapillipes

November        

Racemes shorter than the bractlike leaves clasping them, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Andropogon capillipes   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon capillipes   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus "drylands variant"

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-007?:
Andropogon virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon capillipes

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon capillipes