Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Andropogon perangustatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This is a very slender-leaved and short bluestem, producing tussock-like clumps. Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon gyrans var. stenophyllus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon gyrans var. stenophyllus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon perangustatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon perangustatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Andropogon elliottii var. stenophyllus
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Bluestem
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_anpe_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmaperangustatus_echwsw
October Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Inflorescence resembling slender specimens of A. virginicus, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Andropogon perangustatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon gyrans var. stenophyllus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon gyrans var. stenophyllus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon perangustatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon perangustatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Andropogon elliottii var. stenophyllus
3455
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in GA, rare northward
Look for it in wet pinelands, clay-based Carolina bays, other depression wetlands, and boggy wetlands, 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
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