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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon gyrans var. stenophyllus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Andropogon gyrans var. stenophyllus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)

Andropogon gyrans var. stenophyllus

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

Andropogon perangustatus

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

Andropogon perangustatus

(?) -

Andropogon elliottii var. stenophyllus

 

COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Bluestem


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image of Andropogon perangustatus, Narrowleaf Bluestem

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_anpe_001_lvd

        

image of Andropogon perangustatus, Narrowleaf Bluestem

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmaperangustatus_echwsw

October    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Inflorescence resembling slender specimens of A. virginicus, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon gyrans var. stenophyllus   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Andropogon gyrans var. stenophyllus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon gyrans var. stenophyllus

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

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

(?) -
Andropogon elliottii var. stenophyllus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3455

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pinelands, clay-based Carolina bays, other depression wetlands, and boggy wetlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in SC)

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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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