Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Andropogon longiberbis
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Andropogon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon longiberbis
FAMILY
Poaceae
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 (10/20/20):
Andropogon longiberbis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon longiberbis
FAMILY
Poaceae
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare north of FL
Look for it in dry sandy soils of sandhills and dunes, calcareous wet pinelands and dry pine rocklands (or this may be another new species, under study), per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
Grain
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