Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Andropogon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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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 virginicus var. virginicus
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon virginicus
COMMON NAME:
Broomsedge, Broomsedge Bluestem, Old-field Broomstraw, "Sedge Grass"
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JK Marlow jkm0301b_23
January Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0501c_27
January Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm110228_753b
February Greenville County SC
Dried curled basal leaves remain through most of the summer, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow s020411_a
February
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JK Marlow jkm0403p_28b
March Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Dried straw-colored plants remain upright until the following spring, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm0406f_30
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaf blades flat or folded, 2-5mm wide, pilose on upper surface toward base, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0407s_15
July Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0309f_09
September Greenville County SC
Sheaths glabrous or more or less pilose along margins, occ conspicuously so, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0211c_15 on right
November Greenville County SC
Roadside
On the left is Splitbeard Bluestem; on the right is Broomsedge.
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JK Marlow jkm0211h_08
November Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0312b_17
December Greenville County SC
Roadside
Racemes shorter than the bractlike leaves clasping them, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0412a_24
December Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Inflorescences distributed somewhat uniformly in plant's upper half or more, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0412a_28
December Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm151227_874
December Pickens County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
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 virginicus var. virginicus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon virginicus
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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 old fields, on roadbanks, 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.
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
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 p200
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p174
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p207
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p763
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p80
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p141
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p007
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p399
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p332
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p095
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p025