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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon floridanus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Andropogon floridanus

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

Andropogon floridanus

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

Andropogon floridanus

 

COMMON NAME:
Florida Bluestem


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image of Andropogon floridanus, Florida Bluestem

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_anfl_001_lvd

        

image of Andropogon floridanus, Florida Bluestem

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmafloridanus_habit

Month Unknown        

Culms often stout, 1-1.8m tall, upper 1/3-1/2 bearing long slender branches, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Andropogon floridanus, Florida Bluestem

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmafloridanus_ossp2

Month Unknown        

image of Andropogon floridanus, Florida Bluestem

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmafloridanus_ossp4

Month Unknown        

Inflorescence loosely subcorymbose, w pairs of silvery-white/creamy racemes, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon floridanus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3454

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Florida scrub and scrubby pinelands, longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia & Florida

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
Grain

 

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