Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anatherum campbellii
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Andropogon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon virginicus var. decipiens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2024)
Andropogon campbellii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Poaceae: North American Andropogon: new generic concepts and new names in Anatherum (Weakley et al., 2024b)
Anatherum campbellii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andropogon decipiens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Studies in the vascular flora of the southeastern US (Weakley et al., 2020)
Andropogon decipiens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Andropogon virginicus var. decipiens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Phylogenetic reconstructions and two new varieties in the Andropogon virginicus complex (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) (Campbell, 1986)
Andropogon virginicus var. decipiens
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:
Deceptive Bluestem, Deceptive Broomsedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anatherum campbellii
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon virginicus var. decipiens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2024)
Andropogon campbellii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Poaceae: North American Andropogon: new generic concepts and new names in Anatherum (Weakley et al., 2024b)
Anatherum campbellii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andropogon decipiens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Studies in the vascular flora of the southeastern US (Weakley et al., 2020)
Andropogon decipiens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Andropogon virginicus var. decipiens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Phylogenetic reconstructions and two new varieties in the Andropogon virginicus complex (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) (Campbell, 1986)
Andropogon virginicus var. decipiens
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
3450
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, pine flatwoods, maritime wet grasslands, disturbed pinelands, other wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
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
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