Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anatherum longiberbe
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon longiberbis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Reinstatement and expansion of the genus Anatherum (Andropogoneae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) (Vorontsova et al., 2023)
Anatherum longiberbe
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Andropogon longiberbis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon longiberbis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon longiberbis
COMMON NAME:
Longbeard Bluestem
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_anlo2_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_a_longiberbis_01594
March Miami-Dade County FL
The bases of the racemes not exserted above the apex of the raceme sheath, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Keith Bradley kab_a_longiberbis_71519
October Miami-Dade County FL
Callus hairs 1.5-5mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anatherum longiberbe
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon longiberbis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Reinstatement and expansion of the genus Anatherum (Andropogoneae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) (Vorontsova et al., 2023)
Anatherum longiberbe
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Andropogon longiberbis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon longiberbis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon longiberbis
3451
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Dry sandy soils of sandhills and dunes, calcareous wet pinelands and dry pine rocklands (this may be another new species, under study), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
Grain
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