Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Andropogon cretaceus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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
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September NC
Pocosin Lakes NWR
Recognized by combination of blue color, height >1m, semi-bushy inflorescence, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it in wet savannas, pine flatwoods, maritime forests, ditches, 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
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!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p202
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p765
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p141