Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Andropogon floridanus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_anfl_001_lvd
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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).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmafloridanus_ossp2
Month Unknown
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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
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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