Andropogon ternarius Michx.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Culms tufted, 5–12 dm, branched above, the 2 uppermost nodes sparsely villous to glabrous; blades 2–3 mm wide, often purplish-glaucous; spathes varying from narrowly linear to boat-shaped, 3–6 cm, to 6 mm wide; racemes in 3–6 pairs on a long- exserted peduncle, 3–6 cm, with mostly fewer than 12 joints; rachis densely white-villous; sessile spikelet 4.5–7.5 mm, once and a half to twice as long as the internode next above it and longer than the long- villous sterile pedicel; awn 15–20 mm, twisted below; 2n=40, 60. Open woods and dry fields; N.J. and Del. to Ky. and s. Mo., s. to Fla. and Tex.
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Common Names
splitbeard-bluestem