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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Schizachyrium stoloniferum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-001?:
Andropogon scoparius FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon stolonifer
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon stolonifer
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Bluestem, Creeping Little Bluestem
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_anst5_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_s_scoparium_sto_79720
September Highlands County FL
Kissimmee Prairie State Park
Raceme 2-3cm long, strongly flexuous, partly enclosed or exserted from sheath, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Keith Bradley kab_s_scoparium_sto_79777
September Highlands County FL
Kissimmee Prairie State Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Schizachyrium stoloniferum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Schizachyrium scoparium var. stoloniferum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-001?:
Andropogon scoparius
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon stolonifer
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon stolonifer
2555
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Fall-line sandhills in the inner Coastal Plain, further southward into peninsular FL this species occurs in a wide variety of soils, often in pineland seepages (including cutthroat seeps and other seepage slopes), and wet to mesic savannas, as well as upslope into scrubby flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous, the rhizomes slender, creeping & scaly
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!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p757
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p141?
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