Andropogon glomeratus |
Andropogon floridanus |
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bushy beardgrass, bushy bluestem |
Florida bluestem |
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Habit | Plants cespitose, upper portion dense, oblong to oblanceolate or obpyramidal. | Plants cespitose, usually densely obpyramidal to oblanceolate above. | ||||||||||||||||
Culms | 20-250 cm; internodes green, sometimes glaucous; branches mostly erect, straight. |
70-210 cm; internodes occasionally somewhat glaucous just below the node; branches straight, mostly erect to ascending. |
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Sheaths | usually scabrous, sometimes smooth; ligules 0.6-2.2 mm, sometimes ciliate, cilia to 0.9 mm; blades 13-109 cm long, 2.9-9.5 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely to densely pubescent, hairs usually spreading, rarely appressed. |
often scabrous, somteimes smooth; ligules 0.4-1.2 mm, ciliate, cilia 0.2-1.3 mm; blades 32-61 cm long, 2.9-5 mm wide, glabrous, rarely sparsely pubescent. |
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Inflorescence units | 10-600 per culm; subtending sheaths (2.0)2.9-4.4(6.5) cm long, (1.5)2.3-3.4(4.4) mm wide; peduncles (1)6-14(60) mm, with 2(4) rames; rames (1)1.7-2.5(3.5) cm, exserted or not at maturity, pubescence sparse basally and increasing in density distally within each internode. |
(9)50-210 per culm; subtending sheaths (3)4-5.9(7) cm long, (1.5)2-2.7(3.6) mm wide; peduncles (10)19-48(93) mm, with 2(4) rames; rames (2)2.5-3.7(4.5) cm, usually exserted at maturity, internodes evenly pubescent. |
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Sessile | spikelets 3-5 mm; callus hairs 1-2.5 mm; keels of lower glumes sometimes scabrous below midlength, usually scabrous distally; awns 6-19 mm; anthers 1(3), 0.5-1.5 mm, yellow, red, or purple. |
spikelets (3.8)4.4-4.8(5.5) mm; callus hairs 1-3 mm; keels of lower glumes glabrous below midlength; awns 5-15 mm; anthers 1(3), 1.3-2 mm, usually yellow (sometimes purple). |
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Pedicellate | spikelets vestigial or absent, sterile. |
spikelets vestigial or absent. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 20. |
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Andropogon glomeratus |
Andropogon floridanus |
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Distribution |
AL; AR; AZ; CA; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; KY; LA; MA; MD; MS; NC; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; UT; VA; WV; HI; PR; Virgin Islands
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AL; FL; GA |
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Discussion | Andropogon glomeratus hybridizes with both A. longiberbis and A. virginicus. Some of its varieties are morphologically similar to the latter species. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Andropogon floridanus grows on sandy soils in southeastern Georgia and Florida, being most abundant in Pinus clausa scrublands. It usually occurs in small stands, but stands of about a hundred individuals have been observed. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 25, p. 661. | FNA vol. 25, p. 655. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Poaceae > subfam. Panicoideae > tribe Andropogoneae > Andropogon > sect. Leptopogon | Poaceae > subfam. Panicoideae > tribe Andropogoneae > Andropogon > sect. Leptopogon | ||||||||||||||||
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Name authority | (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. | Scribn. | ||||||||||||||||
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