Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anatherum floridanum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon floridanus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Reinstatement and expansion of the genus Anatherum (Andropogoneae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) (Vorontsova et al., 2023)
Anatherum floridanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andropogon floridanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Andropogon floridanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon floridanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon floridanus
COMMON NAME:
Florida Bluestem
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_anfl_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmafloridanus_habit
Month Unknown
Culms often stout, 1-1.8m tall, upper 1/3-1/2 bearing long slender branches, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmafloridanus_ossp2
Month Unknown
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmafloridanus_ossp4
Month Unknown
Inflorescence loosely subcorymbose, w pairs of silvery-white/creamy racemes, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anatherum floridanum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon floridanus
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Reinstatement and expansion of the genus Anatherum (Andropogoneae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) (Vorontsova et al., 2023)
Anatherum floridanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andropogon floridanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Andropogon floridanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon floridanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon floridanus
3454
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Florida scrub and scrubby pinelands, longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia & Florida
Rare in GA
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain purplish/Yellowish
Grain
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