Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Andropogon dealbatus
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. It is very similar to A. capillipes, from which it has been split off. A. dealbatus differs in growing in wetter habitats and having longer spikelets and broader leaves. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon capillipes
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Flora of North America
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)
Andropogon dealbatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus "wetlands variant"
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-007?:
Andropogon virginicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon capillipes
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Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon capillipes
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Andropogon virginicus var. dealbatus
COMMON NAME:
Wetland White Bluestem
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_anca4_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Andropogon dealbatus
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon capillipes
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)
Andropogon dealbatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus "wetlands variant"
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 capillipes
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon capillipes
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Andropogon virginicus var. dealbatus
4430
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in wet pine savannas, ditches adjacent to savannas, depressional 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:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Raceme (usually 2 per peduncle)
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!