Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anatherum hirsutius
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Andropogon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andropogon hirsutior
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
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 (2/10/25):
Anatherum hirsutius
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andropogon hirsutior
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
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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