Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anatherum glomeratum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Andropogon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Reinstatement and expansion of the genus Anatherum (Andropogoneae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) (Vorontsova et al., 2023)
Anatherum glomeratum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andropogon glomeratus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Andropogon virginicus var. abbreviatus
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 glomeratus
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon glomeratus
COMMON NAME:
Common Bushy Bluestem, Bushy Beardgrass, Bog Broomsedge, Clustered Bluestem
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JK Marlow jkm070310_015
March Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
A large dense terminal mass of inflorescences makes the plant bushy-topped, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm060903_023
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Paired racemes short-peduncled, sitting between 2 clasping bractlike leaves, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_glomeratus_2
October
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmaglomeratusvarglom_sb
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anatherum glomeratum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Reinstatement and expansion of the genus Anatherum (Andropogoneae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) (Vorontsova et al., 2023)
Anatherum glomeratum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andropogon glomeratus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Andropogon virginicus var. abbreviatus
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 glomeratus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon glomeratus
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: swamps, wet pine savannas, pine flatwoods, bogs, fens, depression ponds, wet disturbed sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Carolina Mountains, uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p173
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p207
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p765?
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p200
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p140
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p410
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p215
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p024
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