Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Andropogon capillipes
FAMILY
Poaceae
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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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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