Flora of North America species comparison

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Andropogon gyrans var. gyrans
Photo is of parent taxon

Elliott's beardgrass, Elliott's bluestem
Inflorescence units

usually with 2-5 rames;

rames usually concealed at maturity.
Ligules

0.3-0.8(1.1) mm.

Andropogon gyrans var. gyrans
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NJ; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV
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Discussion

Andropogon gyrans var. gyrans generally grows in dry, sandy soil of roadsides, embankments, fields, and pine or oak woods, occasionally in moister soil. Its range extends south from the United States to the Caribbean and Central America. Plants from Florida and Mississippi do not have inflated sheaths.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 25, p. 657.
Parent taxa Poaceae > subfam. Panicoideae > tribe Andropogoneae > Andropogon > sect. Leptopogon > Andropogon gyrans
Sibling taxa
A. gyrans var. stenophyllus
Synonyms A. campyloracheus
Name authority unknown
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