NameThatPlant.net: Andropogon cretaceus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andropogon cretaceus FAMILY Poaceae Go to FSUS key

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. This species is taller and leafier than A. capillipes and A. dealbatus and not so white. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon glaucopsis FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Andropogon glomeratus var. glaucopsis

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

Andropogon glomeratus var. glaucopsis

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

Andropogon virginicus FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucopsis

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

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucopsis

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

Andropogon glomeratus

COMMON NAME:
Chalky Bluestem, Purple Bluestem, Coastal Bluestem, Big Chalky Bluestem

To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Andropogon cretaceus, Chalky Bluestem, Purple Bluestem, Coastal Bluestem, Big Chalky Bluestem

Will Stuart wil_9854496425

September NC

Pocosin Lakes NWR

Recognized by combination of blue color, height >1m, semi-bushy inflorescence, per Weakley's Flora.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andropogon cretaceus FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon glaucopsis FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Andropogon glomeratus var. glaucopsis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon glomeratus var. glaucopsis

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucopsis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucopsis

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

3453

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, pine flatwoods, maritime forests, ditches, wet disturbed sites, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

map
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Raceme (usually 2 per peduncle)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
Grain

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!