Andropogon capillipes Nash
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Authority
Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A glabrous glaucous perennial. Culms 1-1.5 m tall, branched above the middle, the se branches again divided and redivided, the ultimate divisions filiform and considerably exserted, frequently recurved; sheaths much shorter than the internodes, usually about one-half as long, keeled, at least above the middle: ligule scarious, about 0.5 mm. long; blades erect, flat, folded when dry, minutely pubescent on the upper surface, linear, 1-2 dm. long, about 2 mm. wide; inflorescence narrow, 4-6 dm. long, its primary branches erect, the ultimate divisions sometimes spreading, the sheaths from which arise the ultimate divisions narrow and tightly embracing them, the spathes 2-3 cm. long, acuminate; racemes in pairs, 1.5-2 cm. long, exceeded by the spathes; sessile spikelets 3-3.5 mm. long, about twice as long as the internodes, the awn straight, 11-13 mm. long; pedicellate spikelet wanting, or present as a minute rudimentary scale, the pedicel as long as or a little exceeding the sessile spikelet.
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Discussion
In dry soil, North Carolina to Florida. Type collected by Mr. A. H. Curtiss in Florida. This seems to'be abundantly distinct from A. Virginictis, to which it is related, in the glaucous hue of the whole plant, the glabrous sheaths and especially in the sheaths of the inflorescence, from which arise the peduncles bearing the spathes, which are very narrow and tightly enclose the peduncles, making the contrast between the spathes and the sheaths very marked.
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Distribution
In dry soil, North Carolina to Florida.
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