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bushy bluestem

Habit Plants oblong to pyramidal in the upper portion.
Culms

60-160 cm;

internodes not glaucous.

Sheaths

(2)2.5-3.4(4.7) mm wide, scabrous;

ligules sometimes ciliate, cilia to 0.3 mm;

blades green, usually scabrous.

Subtending

sheaths of inflorescence units usually 2.5-3.4 mm wide;

peduncles (4)11-35(60) mm;

rames usually 2.1-2.9 cm, exerted.

Keels

of lower glumes usually smooth below midlength, scabrous distally;

anthers eventually deciduous.

Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus

Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; KY; LA; MA; MD; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA; WV; HI
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Discussion

Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus grows in bogs, swamps, savannahs, flatwoods, and ditches of the southeastern United States.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 25, p. 664.
Parent taxa Poaceae > subfam. Panicoideae > tribe Andropogoneae > Andropogon > sect. Leptopogon > Andropogon glomeratus
Sibling taxa
A. glomeratus var. glaucopsis, A. glomeratus var. hirsutior, A. glomeratus var. pumilus, A. glomeratus var. scabriglumis
Synonyms A. virginicus var. abbreviatus
Name authority unknown
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