Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Schizachyrium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Schizachyrium scoparium ssp. scoparium
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-001:
Andropogon scoparius
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon scoparius var. scoparius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon scoparius
COMMON NAME:
Little Bluestem
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ansc10_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_anscn2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm070520_001
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaf blades linear, 8-14" long at maturity, initially light green, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm0410n_03
October Oconee County SC
Turns a reddish to golden brown in fall & holds this color well into winter, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm0410o_06
October Oconee County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_s_scoparium_4776
October Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
Stems solitary or forming small clumps, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm081101_039
November Greenwood County SC
Roadside
Flower spikes are solitary from long stalks at intervals along the stem, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm081102_168
November Edgefield County SC
Utility right-of-way
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JK Marlow jkm081102_170
November Edgefield County SC
Utility right-of-way
A true bunch grass, with few to many roundish stems in clumps, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm091107_027
November Greenwood County SC
Racemes 3-6cm long, mostly curved, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm091107_030
November Greenwood County SC
Schizachyrium's spikes not split into two racemes, like those of Andropogon, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm211112_4934
November Greenville County SC
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Bill Stringer wcs86_a
November?
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Bill Stringer wcs86_b
November?
The filiform peduncles are mostly wholly or partly included in the sheaths, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Schizachyrium scoparium ssp. scoparium
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-001:
Andropogon scoparius
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon scoparius var. scoparius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon scoparius
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in a wide range of moist to dry habitats, 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.
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], without creeping rhizomes
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Raceme (1 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 p200
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p174
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p215
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p753
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p192
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p80
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p141
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p436
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p095