Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andropogon tenuispatheus
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. pumilus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus "robust variant"
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:
Maritime Bushy Bluestem, Bushy Beardgrass, Maritime Bluestem
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm0502c_22
February Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0502c_31
February Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0502e_01
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0309p_10
September Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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Keith Bradley kab_a_tenuispatheus_0845
October Monroe County FL
Curry Hammock State Park
Silvery plumes in rigid, tightly packed bracts look like a feather duster, per Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm0311g_11
November Chester County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Inflorescence dense, feathery, from flabellate [fan-shaped] to oblong, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm061111_010
November York County SC
Blackjacks Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm061111_012
November York County SC
Blackjacks Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm161105_046
November Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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Sharleen Johnson shj_1301695473732595
December Charleston County SC
Wambaw Tract
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andropogon tenuispatheus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus "robust variant"
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
2472
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Maritime wet grasslands, brackish marsh edges, calcareous wet grasslands, interdune swales and ponds, seepages in limestone areas, prairies, moist disturbed sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in GA Mountains)
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?
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p765?
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p200?
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p024?
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