Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andropogon hirsutior
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Andropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Andropogon virginicus var. hirsutior
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-007?:
Andropogon virginicus FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon glomeratus
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon glomeratus
COMMON NAME:
Savanna Bushy Bluestem, Hairy Bluestem
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_andropogon_hirsutior2
September Moore County NC
Inflorescences (linear to) oblong; mature peduncles (2) 3-5 (8)mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andropogon hirsutior
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Andropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Andropogon virginicus var. hirsutior
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-007?:
Andropogon virginicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon glomeratus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon glomeratus
3452
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, pine flatwoods, adjacent ditches, other wet disturbed sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
Grain
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