Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Andropogon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus "oldfield 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 virginicus var. virginicus
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon virginicus
COMMON NAME:
Broomsedge, Broomsedge Bluestem, Old-field Broomstraw, "Sedge Grass"
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_037
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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 (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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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 (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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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 (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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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 (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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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
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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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus "oldfield 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 virginicus var. virginicus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon virginicus
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Old fields, roadbanks, disturbed sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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 (Miller & Miller, 2005) p200
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p174
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p207
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p763
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p80
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p141
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p007
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p410
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p399
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p332
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p095
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p025
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