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Andropogon ternarius var. cabanisii

Andropogon sect. Leptopogon
Photo is of parent taxon

splitbeard bluestem
Inflorescences

false panicles;

inflorescence units numerous.
Lower glumes

of sessile spikelets glabrous, sometimes scabrous, not conspicuously veined between the keels.

membranous;

keels not winged, intercostal region usually not veined or with inconspicuous veins.
Rames

densely villous;

internode hairs about twice as long as and more or less obscuring the sessile spikelets.

Pedicellate

spikelets usually vestigial or absent.

Andropogon ternarius var. cabanisii

Andropogon sect. Leptopogon
Distribution
from FNA
FL
Discussion

Andropogon ternarius var. cabanisii grows in dry pine woods and scrublands of peninsular Florida.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 25, p. 655. FNA vol. 25, p. 653.
Parent taxa Poaceae > subfam. Panicoideae > tribe Andropogoneae > Andropogon > sect. Leptopogon > Andropogon ternarius Poaceae > subfam. Panicoideae > tribe Andropogoneae > Andropogon
Sibling taxa
A. ternarius var. ternarius
Subordinate taxa
Name authority (Hack.) Fernald & Griscom Stapf
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