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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

This is one of several NC bluestems with glaucous (chalky white or bluish white) stems and leaves. It is very similar to A. capillipes, from which it has been split off. A. dealbatus differs in growing in wetter habitats and having longer spikelets and broader leaves. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Andropogon capillipes, A. dealbatus, and A. cretaceus have culm sheaths and leaf blades that are strongly glaucous; this is usually very obvious, but can be tested for by running the finger along the surface of the leaf (a white coating of wax will come off on the finger). Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).

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INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon capillipes   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Poaceae: North American Andropogon: new generic concepts and new names in Anatherum (Weakley et al., 2024b)

Anatherum dealbatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Andropogon dealbatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)

Andropogon dealbatus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Andropogon capillipes

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

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus "wetlands variant"

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Andropogon capillipes

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-007?:

Andropogon virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucopsis

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Andropogon capillipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Andropogon virginicus var. dealbatus

 

COMMON NAME:
Wetland White Bluestem

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anatherum dealbatum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon capillipes   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Poaceae: North American Andropogon: new generic concepts and new names in Anatherum (Weakley et al., 2024b)
Anatherum dealbatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andropogon dealbatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)
Andropogon dealbatus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Andropogon capillipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus "wetlands variant"

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Andropogon capillipes

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-007?:
Andropogon virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucopsis

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon capillipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Andropogon virginicus var. dealbatus