Andropogon virginicus var. abbreviatus (Hack.) Fernald & Griscom

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Poaceae

• Scientific Name

  Andropogon virginicus var. abbreviatus (Hack.) Fernald & Griscom

• Description

  Variety Description - Lvs usually 3.5 dm or more; stem-sheaths usually scabrous; infl compact, obconic or corymbiform, densely glomerately branched, the internodes greatly shortened; uppermost nodes mostly villous; fertile spikelets avg 4.2 mm; sterile spikelet commonly present; wet soil; W.I. and C. Amer., n. to Calif., Ark., Ky., Va., and along the coastal plain to Mass. (A. glomeratus)