Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Schizachyrium stoloniferum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-001?:
Andropogon scoparius
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon stolonifer
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon stolonifer
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Bluestem, Creeping Little Bluestem
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_anst5_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_s_scoparium_sto_79720
September Highlands County FL
Kissimmee Prairie State Park
Raceme 2-3cm long, strongly flexuous, partly enclosed or exserted from sheath, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Keith Bradley kab_s_scoparium_sto_79777
September Highlands County FL
Kissimmee Prairie State Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Schizachyrium stoloniferum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-001?:
Andropogon scoparius
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon stolonifer
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon stolonifer
2555
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare in GA-SC
Habitat: Fall-line sandhills in the inner Coastal Plain, perhaps in other dry habitats, also apparently in seepages in pineland landscapes, mesic to wetland pine savannas and seepage slopes in peninsular Florida, the habitat and range in our area requiring further study, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, the rhizomes slender, creeping & scaly
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Raceme (1 per peduncle)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
Grain
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