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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andropogon longiberbis   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon longiberbis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Andropogon longiberbis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Andropogon longiberbis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Andropogon longiberbis

 

COMMON NAME:
Longbeard Bluestem


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image of Andropogon longiberbis, Longbeard Bluestem

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_anlo2_001_lvd

        

image of Andropogon longiberbis, Longbeard Bluestem

Keith Bradley    kab_a_longiberbis_01594

March    Miami-Dade County    FL

The bases of the racemes not exserted above the apex of the raceme sheath, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Andropogon longiberbis, Longbeard Bluestem

Keith Bradley    kab_a_longiberbis_71519

October    Miami-Dade County    FL

Callus hairs 1.5-5mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andropogon longiberbis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon longiberbis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Andropogon longiberbis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon longiberbis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon longiberbis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3451

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry sandy soils of sandhills and dunes, calcareous wet pinelands and dry pine rocklands (this may be another new species, under study), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
Grain

 

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