Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Andropogon hirsutior
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 glomeratus var. hirsutior
FAMILY
Poaceae
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Andropogon virginicus var. hirsutior
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 (5/21/15):
Andropogon hirsutior
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior
FAMILY
Poaceae
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Andropogon virginicus var. hirsutior
3452
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in wet savannas, pine flatwoods, adjacent ditches, other wet disturbed sites, 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
Grain
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