Andropogon gyrans |
Andropogon sect. Leptopogon |
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Elliott's bluestem |
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Habit | Plants cespitose, cylindrical to ovate above. | |||||
Culms | 30-100 (140) cm; internodes usually glaucous; branches mostly erect, straight. |
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Sheaths | smooth; ligules 0.3-1.5 mm, sometimes ciliate, cilia to 0.7 mm; blades 6-48 cm long, 0.8-5 mm wide, glabrous or densely pubescent with spreading hairs. |
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Inflorescences/ |
2-31 per culm; subtending sheaths (2.6)4.1-4.5(13.5) cm long, (1.5)2.7-4.7(8) mm wide; peduncles (1)5-31(195) mm, with 2-5 rames; rames (1.5)2.8-4.2(6) cm, exserted or not at maturity, pubescence increasing in density distally within each internode. |
false panicles; inflorescence units numerous. |
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Lower glumes | membranous; keels not winged, intercostal region usually not veined or with inconspicuous veins. |
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Sessile | spikelets (3)3.9-4.7(5.7) mm; callus hairs 1-5 mm; keels of lower glumes scabrous only beyond midlength; awns 8-24 mm; anthers 1, 0.6-1.4(1.7) mm, yellow or purple. |
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Pedicellate | spikelets vestigial or absent. |
spikelets usually vestigial or absent. |
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2n | = 20. |
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Andropogon gyrans |
Andropogon sect. Leptopogon |
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Distribution |
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 extends from the southeastern United States to the Caribbean and Central America. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 25, p. 657. | FNA vol. 25, p. 653. | ||||
Parent taxa | Poaceae > subfam. Panicoideae > tribe Andropogoneae > Andropogon > sect. Leptopogon | Poaceae > subfam. Panicoideae > tribe Andropogoneae > Andropogon | ||||
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Synonyms | A. subtenuis, A. elliottii var. projectus, A. elliottii | |||||
Name authority | Ashe | Stapf | ||||
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